Artist. He is considered Russia's most powerful and original landscape painter. Shishkin was born into the family of a merchant. His father, after long hesitation, supported his son's desire to become an artist. He studied first at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture and then at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he made rapid progress and won all the awards the Academy offered. After having received a Major Gold Medal and an Academy grant for studies abroad, he spent three years traveling throughout Europe. In 1865 he painted "View near Dusseldorf", for which he was awarded the title of Academician and which was shown at the 1867 World Fair in Paris. Soon afterward he returned to Russia and settled in St. Petersburg, where he joined the Itinerants' Society of Traveling Exhibitions (Peredvizhniki). Shishkin's painting method was based on analytical studies of nature. He was famous for his forest landscapes, but he was also an outstanding draftsman and printmaker. In 1871, he founded the Society of Russian Etchers. His private life was troubled. Married twice, he outlived both his wives as well as his children. His last work was "Mast-Tree Grove" (1898). He died in his studio, at the easel with a newly begun canvas.
Artist. He is considered Russia's most powerful and original landscape painter. Shishkin was born into the family of a merchant. His father, after long hesitation, supported his son's desire to become an artist. He studied first at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture and then at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he made rapid progress and won all the awards the Academy offered. After having received a Major Gold Medal and an Academy grant for studies abroad, he spent three years traveling throughout Europe. In 1865 he painted "View near Dusseldorf", for which he was awarded the title of Academician and which was shown at the 1867 World Fair in Paris. Soon afterward he returned to Russia and settled in St. Petersburg, where he joined the Itinerants' Society of Traveling Exhibitions (Peredvizhniki). Shishkin's painting method was based on analytical studies of nature. He was famous for his forest landscapes, but he was also an outstanding draftsman and printmaker. In 1871, he founded the Society of Russian Etchers. His private life was troubled. Married twice, he outlived both his wives as well as his children. His last work was "Mast-Tree Grove" (1898). He died in his studio, at the easel with a newly begun canvas.
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