Marta Surikova biography

The painter-historian 3. He was proud of his origin, said: "From all sides I am a natural Cossack ... My Cossacks are more than summer." The young artist painted his uniform with a blue, and the lapels were lingonberry. In the year, Vasily Surikov entered the county school, where he met his first drawing teacher Nikolai Grebnev. After graduating from the school, he could not continue his education - after the death of his father, the family did not have enough money.

The young man got a job as a clerical scribe in the Yenisei General Provincial Directorate, he recalled this time: "I was very longing for art." The case helped: his drawings were seen by the Yenisei governor Pavel Zamyatin, he wanted to support the young man. He rode with Kuznetsov’s convoy, so the road took two months. The future artist was not ready to enter the academy, so he was engaged in the school of the Society for the Promotion of Artists for several months.

The Surikov Academy was nicknamed the “composer”: in his works he considered the main composition. Over the years of training, Surikov received several cash prizes and four silver medals. His first independent work at the Academy was the painting “The View of the Monument to Peter I on Senate Square in St. Petersburg”-later it acquired the Patron of Kuznetsov for his collection.

The “Merciful Samaritan” canvas Surikov wrote as a gift to Kuznetsov - for this work he was awarded a small gold medal. In November, Vasily Surikov graduated from the Academy of Arts and received the title of cool artist of the first degree. Surikov performed the images of the “Ecumenical Councils” for two years. The artist never wrote more to order. In marriage, Surikov had two daughters - Olga and Elena.

Surikov recalled: "Having arrived in Moscow, he got to the center of Russian folk life, immediately became on its way." The first large work of Surikov was the painting “Morning of the Streltskaya Execution” - the artist portrayed the execution of Sagittarius after the riot of the year. Later, Surikov painted the picture "Menshikov in Berezovo." For the first time, the picture was shown in the year at the XI exhibition of the Partnership of the Wanderers.

After this work, Surikov was talked about as a painter-historian. In the year, Surikov completed work on one of his most famous works - “Boyar Morozov”. The artist carefully worked out each of the characters in the picture, thought out gestures and costumes, and for a long time could not find a type for the main character of the canvas. As a result, Avdotya Gorgshina - aunt of the artist became the prototype of the boyar Morozova.

At the XV mobile exhibition, the work of Surikov caused ambiguous assessments. Some compared the picture with the variegated Persian carpet. Higher and beyond this picture and our art, which the image of the old Russian history takes the task, has not yet been going on, ”Vladimir Stasov“ The Great Artist, a Relevant Realist ”in April of the year Surikov’s wife died.

For this work at an international exhibition in Paris in the year, Surikov received a personalized medal. In the year, he became a full member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. The next historical works of Surikov were the “crossing of Suvorov through the Alps”, “Stepan Razin”, “Visiting Princess Monastery” and others. In the year, Vasily Surikov left the partnership of the Wanderers and became a member of the Union of Russian Artists.

Surikov never taught, but always talked a lot with young artists, willingly gave them advice. In the year, together with architect Leonid Chernyshev, he opened a drawing school in Krasnoyarsk. Especially for her pupils, the artist sent textbooks from St. Petersburg. Krasnoyarsk Surikov visited again in the year. Vasily Surikova was gone in March. He died in Moscow from heart disease.

Feeling the approach of death, the artist uttered his last words: "I disappear." Vasily Surikov was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery next to his wife.