Vasily Perov

Vasily Grigor'evich Perov (December 21, 1833-May 29, 1882) was a Russian painter and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki.

Vasily Perov was born December 21, 1833 in Tobolsk. Completing a course at Arzamas uezd school, he was transferred to Alexander Stupin art school also located in Arzamas. In 1853 was admitted in Moscow School of painting, sculpturing and architecture, where he learned from several renowned artists.

In 1856 he was awarded with a minor silver medal for his sketch of a boys head, presented to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Later the Academy awarded him many other awards: in 1857 a major silver medal for Commissary of Rural Police Investigating, a minor golden medal for the Scene on a Grave and the Son of a dyak promoted to first rank, in 1861 a major golden medal for Sermon in a Village.

After receiving the right to a state-paid trip abroad together with a golden medal, in 1862 Perov went to Europe, visiting several German cities, and then Paris. During this time he created paintings depicting scenes from European street life such as the Vendor of statuettes, the Savoyard, theOrgan-Grinder in Paris, the Musicians and the Bystanders, the Paris Ragpickers.The drowned, 1867.Returning to Moscow early, from 1865 to 1871 Perov created his masterpieces The Queue at The Fountain, A Meal in the Monastery, Last Journey, Troika, the Lent Monday, Arrival of a New Governess in a Merchant House, the Drawing Teacher, A Scene at the Railroad, the Last Tavern at Town Gate, the Birdcatcher, the Fisherman, the Hunters at Rest.In 1866 he received the title of an academician, and in 1871 the position of a Professor at Moscow School of Arts, Sculpture and Architecture and around this time he joined the Peredvizhniki.

The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from the existing paintings.h

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