Konstantin Konstantinovich Pervukhin (russian: Константи́н Константи́нович Перву́хин; 2 June 1863 in

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

– 8 February 1915 in

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) was a Ukrainian and Russian

Impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

landscape painter, writer and photographer; associated with the Peredvizhniki.

Biography

His father was a surveyor for the local government. He began his art studies with the well-known Ukrainian pedagogue and artist,

Dmytro Bezperchy Dmytro Bezperchy (Ukrainian:Дмитро Іванович Безперчий; 30 October 1825, Borisovka — 30 September 1913, Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian genre painter in the Academic style. Early life He studied art in Saint Petersburg, ...

.Brief biography
@ RusArtNet. From 1884 to 1885, he studied at the "Kharkov School of Drawing"Biographical notes
@ Art Catalog. (now the "Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts") with its founder, Maria Raevskaia-Ivanova. After 1885, he lived in Saint Petersburg, where he took private lessons from

Ilya Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin (russian: Илья Ефимович Репин, translit=Il'ya Yefimovich Repin, p=ˈrʲepʲɪn); fi, Ilja Jefimovitš Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is now Ukraine. He became one of the ...

. From 1886 to 1887, he was an occasional student at the

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and worked with Professor

Pavel Chistyakov Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov (russian: Павел Петрович Чистяков; 5 July 1832, Prudy, Vesyegonsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate — 11 November 1919, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Imperial painter and art teacher; known for historical ...

. That same year, he became a member of the Peredvizhniki and later had several paintings purchased by Pavel Tretyakov. In 1902, he moved to Moscow and served as a teacher at the

Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts (russian: Московская Государственная Художественно-Промышленная Академия им. С.Г. Строганова) informally named S ...

until 1912. He resigned from the Peredvizhniki in 1903 and, together with

Apollinary Vasnetsov Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (russian: Аполлина́рий Миха́йлович Васнецо́в; August 6, 1856 – January 23, 1933) was a Russian painter and graphic artist whose elder brother was the more famous Viktor Vasnetsov. ...

, Abram Arkhipov,

Alexei Stepanov Alexei Stepanovich Stepanov (Russian: Алексей Степанович Степанов; 6 May 1858, in Simferopol – 5 October 1923, in Moscow) was a Russian genre painter, illustrator and art teacher. He was a member of the Peredvizhniki ...

Ilya Ostroukhov Ilya Semyonovich Ostroukhov (Russian: Илья́ Семёнович Остроу́хов; 20 July 1858, in Moscow – 8 July 1929, in Moscow) was a Russian landscape painter and art collector, associated with the Peredvizhniki. Biography He c ...

and others, became one of the founders of the "Union of Russian Artists", which existed until 1923. He also worked as an illustrator for periodicals such as the ''Ежегодник императорских театров'' (Yearbook of the Imperial Theaters), ''Живописное обозрение стран света'' (Pictorial View of the World) and ''Всемирная иллюстрация'' (Worldwide Illustration). In 1910, his photographs earned him a membership in the "Русское фотографическое обществорация" (Russian Photographic Society).

Selected paintings

File:Pervukhin 001.jpg, The End of Autumn File:Pervukhin 004.jpg, St. Mark's Square File:Pervukhin 002.jpg, A Winter Night File:Pervukhin 006.jpg, Evening in Venice

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pervukhin, Konstantin 1863 births 1915 deaths Artists from Kharkiv People from Kharkovsky Uyezd Russian illustrators Peredvizhniki Landscape painters Russian male painters 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian painters 20th-century Russian male artists Academic staff of Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry