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Mikhail Nesterov: Selected Paintings
Mikhail Nesterov: Selected Paintings
Mikhail Nesterov: Selected Paintings
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862 – 1942) was a Russian painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia.
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Release dateAug 27, 2017
ISBN9788822816726
Mikhail Nesterov: Selected Paintings

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    Foreword

    Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862 – 1942) was a Russian painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia. He was born to a strongly patriarchal merchant family. His father was a draper and haberdasher, but always had a strong interest in history and literature. As a result, he was sympathetic to his son's desire to be an artist, but insisted that he acquire practical skills first and, in 1874, he was sent to Moscow where he enrolled at the Voskresensky Realschule.

    In 1877, his counselors suggested that he transfer to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied with Pavel Sorokin, Illarion Pryanishnikov and Vasily Perov, who was his favorite teacher. In 1879, he began to participate in

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