Klavdy Vasilyevich Lebedev (; – ) was a Russian painter. He was a member of the
Peredvizhniki
Peredvizhniki (, ), often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realism (arts), realist artists who formed an artists' cooperative in protest of academic restrictions; it evolved into the ''Society for Trave ...
movement.
Biography
Lebedev came from a peasant family, studied at the
Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry and the
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under
Vasily Perov and
Evgraf Sorokin. From 1890 he taught there.
In 1881 he was awarded a large silver medal of the
Imperial Academy of Arts and received the title of a class artist. Member of
The Wanderers group (1891).
The title of academician of painting of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1897). The title of full member of the Academy of Arts (1906).
Consisted full-time professor of the Academy of Arts (1894–1898).
Work
Lebedev baptism.jpg, Baptism of Kiev
Lebedev Svyatoslavs meeting with Emperor John.jpg, Svyatoslav's meeting with Emperor John, as described by Leo the Deacon
Боярская свадьба.jpg, Boyar wedding (1883)
LebedevK UnichNovgrodVecha.jpg, '' Martha the Mayoress at the Destruction of the Novgorod
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Veche
A ''veche'' was a popular assembly during the Middle Ages. The ''veche'' is mentioned during the times of Kievan Rus' and it later became a powerful institution in Russian cities such as Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod and Pskov, where the ''veche'' a ...
'' (1889)
К сыну.jpg, To son (1894)
1900 Lebedev Hagestolz anagoria.JPG, Old bachelor (1900)
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Painters from the Russian Empire
Peredvizhniki
1852 births
1916 deaths
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni
Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry alumni