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Vasily Polenov

Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic1844–1927

Portrait of Vasily Polenov

About

Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. His contemporaries would call him the "Knight of Beauty" as he embodied both European and Russian traditions of painting. His vision of life was summarized as following: "Art should promote happiness and joy".

Notable works

Odaliska

at Belarusian National Arts Museum

Works in the collection

3 works

Odaliska

at Belarusian National Arts Museum

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