mike catalonian
Anne Stepanovny Sorina-Shervashize, The Artist’s Wife // by Savely Sorin (Russia, 1887-1953)
Born into a poor family in a small town, young Sorin didn't attend any school until he was 16. He ran away from home to Odessa, enrolled in an art school, earned a Big Medal upon graduation in 1899 and moved to Saint Petersburg. There Sorin entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts; his teacher was the famous painter Ilya Repin.
In 1920, when Sorin left Russia, he was already an established society portraitist. www.artistsandart.org
Anne Stepanovny Sorina-Shervashize, The Artist’s Wife // by Savely Sorin (Russia, 1887-1953)
Born into a poor family in a small town, young Sorin didn't attend any school until he was 16. He ran away from home to Odessa, enrolled in an art school, earned a Big Medal upon graduation in 1899 and moved to Saint Petersburg. There Sorin entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts; his teacher was the famous painter Ilya Repin.
In 1920, when Sorin left Russia, he was already an established society portraitist. www.artistsandart.org