Ivan Tvorozhnikov

Ivan Tvorozhnikov
Born(1848-10-10)October 10, 1848
Died1919(1919-00-00) (aged 70–71)
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1875)
Known forGenre painting
ElectedMember Academy of Arts (1906)

Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov (Russian: Иван Иванович Творожников; October 10, 1848 – 1919) was a Russian painter in the Realist style, known for his genre pictures.

Biography

Tvorozhnikov graduated from the Saint Petersburg Drawing School attached to the Society of Imperial Incentive. Finishing his studies there in 1868, he entered the Academy of Arts, where he continued his education up to 1875. Tvorozhnikov's major works are considered to be the paintings The salvation books vendor (1888), Grandmother and granddaughter, Mirovich by the corpse of Ioann Antonovich on July 5, 1764, By the church (1889) and God sent the mercy.

A son of peasants from Moscow Guberniya, Tvorozhnikov was born in Zhukovo village of the Tver uyezd. At 12 years old, he was sent to Saint Petersburg for wages. Later, Tvorozhnikov repeatedly visited the Tver Guberniya.

Works

Further reading

  • (in Russian) Михайлов, А. Иван Творожников. Художник, 1987, N 12.

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain"Ivan Tvorozhnikov" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.