Alexei Korzukhin | |
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| Алексей Корзухин | |
 Photograph byAndrey Denyer | |
| Born | (1835-03-11)March 11, 1835 |
| Died | October 18, 1894(1894-10-18) (aged 59) |
| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1868) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1863) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Peredvizhniki |
Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin (Russian: Алексей Иванович Корзухин; 1835–1894) was a Russiangenre painter.
He was born into a family of gold prospectors nearYekaterinburg. As a young man, he worked in a local railway factory and themint.[1] He had started painting when he was still a child so, in 1858, he entered theImperial Academy of Fine Arts where he studied underPyotr Basin andFyodor Bruni. In 1861, he was awarded a gold medal and a stipend for travelling expenses.
However, in 1863, he became a member of the "Revolt of the Fourteen", a group of students who favoredRealism and were protesting the Academy's insistence on painting in theClassical style. He and the others withdrew from the Academy, accepting the designation of "Artist Second-Class". Shortly thereafter, he joined theArtel of Artists, an artistic commune, and remained with them until they disbanded in 1871. He also became a member of the "Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (Peredvizhniki) and taught drawing at the "Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts".[2]
In 1865, his painting "Wake in the Village Cemetery" earned him the rank of "Artist First-Class" and, three years later, he was named an Academician. In addition to his paintings of daily life, he did portraits and religious works. These include icons and depictions of theFour Fathers of the Church at theCathedral of Christ the Saviour; wall paintings at theAscension Cathedral in Yelets [ru]; and thirteen images for thenarthex ofNativity Cathedral, Riga.[2] He also exhibited widely, including the Second Annual International Exhibition in London (1872), theWeltausstellung in Vienna (1873) and theCentennial Exposition in Philadelphia (1876).[1]
He was a witness to the extremely bloody assassination of TsarAlexander II in 1881. This resulted in severenervous shock and he never fully recovered his health.[1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title= (help)
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