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.
Known works
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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