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Ivan Shishkin

1831-01-13 – 1898-03-08

Portrait of Ivan Shishkin
Ivan ShiskinCredit: Maxim Petrovich Dmitriev

Life & Legacy

Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (Russian: Иван Иванович Шишкин; 25 January [O.S. 13 January] 1832 – 20 March [O.S. 8 March] 1898) was a Russian Realist painter and draughtsman, best known for his landscape subjects. One of the most notable artisans to emerge during Tsar Alexander II's reign, he was among founding members of the Peredvizhniki company.

Occupation & Career

painter, printmaker, visual artist, graphic artist, artist

Education

Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; Imperial Academy of Arts; First Kazan Male Gymnasium

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class; Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts; Large silver medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts; Order of Saint Stanislaus; Morning in a Pine Forest

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts · Large silver medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts · Order of Saint Stanislaus · Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class

Employer

Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts

Organizations & Memberships

Peredvizhniki

Notable Work

Morning in a Pine Forest

Education & Institutions

First Kazan Male Gymnasium · Imperial Academy of Arts · Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q193064 — wikidata View source

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