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Andrei Ryabushkin by Vasily Mathe
Andrei Ryabushkin by Vasily Mathe

Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin (Russian: Андрей Петрович Рябушкин; October 29 [O.S. October 17] 1861 - May 10 [O.S. April 27] 1904) was a Russian painter. His major works were devoted to life of ordinary Russians of 17th century. Image File history File links SmatheRyabushkin. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

Moscow Girl of the XVII century. 1903
Moscow Girl of the XVII century. 1903

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Biography

Andrey Petrovich Ryabushkin was born in the village Stanichnaya sloboda, Borisoglebskiy uezd, Tambov gubernia in 1861. His father and brother were icon-painters, and he started to help them from his early childhood. At 14 years old he became an orphan. A student of Moscow School of painting, sculpturing and architecture A. Kh. Preobrazhensky, who used to spend the summer in the village, happened to see the boy’s drawings and was greatly impressed by them. He started to give him lessons and helped him to enter the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Ryabushkin was one of the youngest student of the school at all times. Uyezd was a division of guberniya. ... Komunalnaya Ulitsa, Tambov Tambov (Тамбо́в) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Tambov Oblast. ... Guberniya (also gubernia, guberniia, and gubernya) (Russian: губе́рния) was a major administrative subdivision of the Imperial Russia, usually translated as province or Governorate General. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Savior (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) For other senses of this word, see icon (disambiguation). ... School of painting, sculpturing and architecture - the Moscow school of painting, sculpturing and the architecture, the largest alongside with St. ...


Ryabushkin stayed for 7 years (1875-82) in the Moscow School, learning from Vasily Perov and Illarion Pryanishnikov. His first large work Peasant Wedding was bought by Pavel Tretyakov in 1880. After the death of Vasiliy Perov, Ryabushkin moved to Saint Petersburg, in 1882, and entered the Imperial Academy of Arts, where he learned from Pavel Chistyakov. The classes soon disappointed him, however, and he began to spend more and more time either in the library of the Academy or sketching in the streets. Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1872. ... Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov (Russian: ) (20 March [O.S. 1 April] 1840 – 12 March [O.S. 24 March] 1894) was a Russian painter, one of the founders of the Peredvizhniki artistic school. ... Tretyakovs portrait by Repin (1883) Tretyakov Pavel Mikhailovich (1832 - 1898) was a businessman, patron of art, collector, and philanthropist. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The edifice for the academy was built in 1764-89 to a design by Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe and Alexander F. Kokorinov. ... Chistyakov Pavel Petrovich (Russian: Чистяков Павел Петрович, 1832 – 1919) was a Russian painter and teacher of art. ...


His studies at the Academy came to an end in 1892; he did not receive an award for his diploma work Descent from the Cross, as was expected, because he did not follow the approved project. But the work was so good that the President of the Academy, Grand Duke Vladimir Konstantinovich, provided Ryabushkin with a stipend for travel and studies abroad from his own means. Instead of going to Italy or Paris, Ryabushkin chose to make a tour of ancient Russian towns (Novgorod, Kiev, Moscow, Uglich, Yaroslavl). The inhabitants of them became his first models and his first critics. He studied the old architecture, items of folk crafts, old weapons, fabrics, tapestries, embroidery, icons, etc. He read ancient books, collected folklore. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The title of Grand Duke (Latin, Magnus Dux; German, Großherzog, Russian, Великий князь) used in Slavic, Baltic, and Germanic countries, is ranked in honour below King but higher than a sovereign Duke (Herzog) or Prince (Fürst). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Но́вгород) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the highway (and railway) connecting Moscow and St Petersburg. ... A monument to St. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... Transfiguration cathedral in the kremlin Uglich (Russian: У́глич, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. ... Yaroslavl (Jaroslavl, Russian: ) is a city in Russia, an administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km NE of Moscow at 57°37′N 39°51′E The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of Volga and Kotorosl. ...


He took part in Peredvizhniki exhibitions in 1890, 1892 and 1894 but later broke with the movement. Peredvizhniki (Передвижники, in Russian) - the Russian artists-realists entering into Company of mobile art exhibitions (1870-1923). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...


In 90-ies he lived and worked in the estate of his fiend V.F. Tymenev in town of Lubvino (Saint-Petersburg gubernia). In 1901 he built a studio in a village of Didvino close to Lubvino and the etate of his friend I. Belyaev. 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Tea-drinking
Tea-drinking

His paintings were mostly devoted to the XVII-th century. He also works on frecoes for Sofia Cathedral in Novgorod and mosaics for the Church of the Savior on Blood in Saint-Petersburg. There are 24 of his mosaics on the walls of Church of the Savior on Blood (17 inside and seven outside) (1897-1900). In the later 1900-ies he became interested in the life of contemporary Russian peasant (such paintings as Tea-Drinking and A Young Man Breaking into the Girls' Dance). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (949x449, 30 KB) Tea-Drinking. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (949x449, 30 KB) Tea-Drinking. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Но́вгород) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the highway (and railway) connecting Moscow and St Petersburg. ... Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. ... The Church as seen from Griboedov Canal. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (949x449, 30 KB) Tea-Drinking. ... Image File history File links Ryabushkin_dance. ...


The deep study of history made his paintings very reliable, but they did not evoke any sympathy in his contemporaries. Unlike Vasily Surikov, who used the dramatic historical episodes as his subjects, Ryabushkin painted everyday life of XVIIth century. His works lack action, they do not depict social conflicts, as the democrats liked. On the other hand they are not so “beautiful” to reflect the tastes of the rich conservatives. Nobody knew where to place Ryabushkin’s paintings and just did not accept them. Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (Василий Иванович Суриков) (January 24, 1848 (Julian calendar: January 12) – March 19, 1916 (Julian calendar: March 6)) was a Russian painter, born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. ... Democracy (from Greek δημοκρατία (demokratia), δημος (demos) the common people + κρατειν (kratein) to rule + the suffix ία (ia), literally the common people rule) is a system where the population of a society controls the government. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ...


In 1903 Ryabushkin was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He went to Switzerland for treatment but it did not help. He died in his studio in Didvino on April 27, 1904. 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Tuberculosis (commonly shortened to TB) is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly effects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also effect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Works

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Sources

V.N. Alexanderov History of Russian Art, Minsk, 2004, ISBN 985-13-1199-5


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