Yaroshenko, Nikolai (1846-1898) - 1888 Life is Everywhere
Nikolai Yaroshenko was a Russian painter of Ukrainian origin. He was born to a son of a Russian Army officer. He chose a military career, but also studied art at Kramskoi's drawing school and at the Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts.
In 1876, he became a leading member of a group of Russian painters called the Peredvizhniki (also known as the Itinerants). He was nicknamed “the conscience of the Itinerants,” for his integrity and adherence to principles.
Yaroshenko painted many portraits, genre paintings, and drawings. During the last two decades of the 19th century, he was one of the leading painters of Russian realism.
Yaroshenko, Nikolai (1846-1898) - 1888 Life is Everywhere
Nikolai Yaroshenko was a Russian painter of Ukrainian origin. He was born to a son of a Russian Army officer. He chose a military career, but also studied art at Kramskoi's drawing school and at the Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts.
In 1876, he became a leading member of a group of Russian painters called the Peredvizhniki (also known as the Itinerants). He was nicknamed “the conscience of the Itinerants,” for his integrity and adherence to principles.
Yaroshenko painted many portraits, genre paintings, and drawings. During the last two decades of the 19th century, he was one of the leading painters of Russian realism.