About Vasily Polenov

Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. His contemporaries would call him the "Knight of Beauty" as he embodied both European and Russian traditions of painting. His vision of life was summarized as following: "Art should promote happiness and joy".

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Vasily Polenov

Russian artist (1844-1927)

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About Vasily Polenov

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Occupation: painter
Position held: court painter
Citizenship: Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union
Born: June 1, 1844
Died: July 18, 1927

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