Vasily Polenov

Vasily Polenov
Vasily Polenov
Василий Поленов
	Portrait by Ilya Repin, 1877
Born	June 1, 1844; St. Petersburg, Russia
Died	July 18, 1927 (aged 83); Polenovo, Russia
Education	Member Academy of Arts (1876); Professor by rank (1892); Full Member Academy of Arts (1893)
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts (1870)
Occupation	Artist
Movement	Peredvizhniki
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Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (Russian: Василий Дмитриевич Поленов; 1 June 1844 – 18 July 1927) 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”. As a painter and a humanist, he would truly believe in the civilizing mission of Art, Culture and Education.