Boyarina Morozova
Vasily Surikov · 1887
Vasily Surikov
Russian Empire · 1848–1916
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov was a Russian Realist painter, active in Moscow during Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II's reigns, renowned for his large history pictures. Many of his works have become familiar to the general public through their use as illustrations. == Biography == He was born to an old Yenisey Cossack family descending from Don Cossacks that had settled in Siberia. His father was a Collegiate Registrar, a civil service rank that often served as postmasters. In 1854, as a result of his father being reassigned, the family moved to the village of Sukhobuzimskoye, where he began his primary education.
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Boyarina Morozova
Vasily Surikov · 1887
Tretyakov Gallery
Taking a Snow Town
Vasily Surikov · 1891
State Russian Museum
Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy
Vasily Surikov · 1881
Tretyakov Gallery
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Boyarina Morozova
Vasily Surikov · 1887
Tretyakov Gallery
Boyaryna Morozova is a painting by V. Surikov, measuring 304 by 587.5 cm, depicts a scene from the history of the church schism in the 17th century. After its debut at the 15th Travelling Exhibition in 1887, it was purchased for 25 thousand rubles for the Tretyakov Gallery, where it remains one of the main exhibits.
Taking a Snow Town
Vasily Surikov · 1891
State Russian Museum
Taking a Snow Town is a painting by the Russian artist Vasily Surikov (1848 to 1916), completed in 1891. It is kept in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg (inventory Zh-4235).
Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy
Vasily Surikov · 1881
Tretyakov Gallery
The Morning of the Streltsy Execution is a painting by Vasily Ivanovich Surikov, painted in 1881. It illustrates the public execution after the Streltsy's failed attempted uprising of 1698 before the walls of the Kremlin. The painting can be found at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
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