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Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Нестеров; 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1862 – 18 October 1942) was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir iskusstva.
Learn about the life and works of Mikhail Nesterov, one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia. He created paintings, murals and icons, including a series on the life of Saint Sergius and a project at St Volodymyr's Cathedral.
- Russian
- May 31, 1862
- Ufa, Russian Federation
- October 18, 1942
Mikhail Nesterov, 1862-1942. Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov was an outstanding Russian painter, a master of religious art, a member of the Society for Traveling Art Exhibitions and the World of Art, a laureate of the Stalin Prize and a People's Artist of the USSR. M. V. Nesterov was born in 1862 in Ufa, to a religious merchant family.
Magazine issue: #1 2013 (38) CHURCH MURALS WERE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIELDS OF MIKHAIL NESTEROV'S LIFE AS AN ARTIST. HAVING FIRST CLIMBED CATHEDRAL SCAFFOLDING WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF 28, HE DEVOTED MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO RELIGIOUS MURAL ART. BY 1890, HE HAD ALREADY CREATED "THE HERMIT" (1889) AND "THE VISION OF THE YOUNG ...
For Mikhail Nesterov, “holiness” was a hallmark of the ideas and objects regarded as sacred by every nation: the lands of the forbears, religion, the history and heroes of the country. But, together with his deep “affection for one’s hearth and home, affection for one’s ancestral tombstones,” he equally revered the title of artist, questioning, until his last days, his right to be ...
In his last works, Mikhail Nesterov concentrated on perfecting his skills as a portraitist. He refused to work on commission and chose his models himself, preferring creative, interesting people. Of this work, he simply said:"I had to paint the Russian people - those who lived honourably and died with knowledge that with regard to their homeland, their conscience was clear."
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Не́стеров; 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1862, Ufa – 18 October 1942, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva.
