Nikolai Alekseyevich Kasatkin
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Nikolay Alexeyevich Kasatkin was a Russian
painter.
Kasatkin was born in Moscow
. He studied under Vasily Perov
from 1873 to 1883 at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
and taught there from 1894 to 1917. In 1891, he became a member of the Peredvizhniki
(The Wanderers), a group of Russian artists which originated from Saint Petersburg
. In 1922 he joined the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (AKhRR).
Kasatkin started with genre painting with impressions of workers and miners in Donbass
. In the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1905
he became a forerunner of socialist realism
.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
painter.
Kasatkin was born in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. He studied under Vasily Perov
Vasily Perov
Vasily Grigorevich Perov ; 2 January 1834 – 10 June 1882) was a Russian painter and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki, a group of Russian realist painters....
from 1873 to 1883 at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture was one of the largest educational institutions in Russia. The school was formed by the 1865 merger of a private art college, established in Moscow in 1832, and the Palace School of Architecture, established in 1749 by Dmitry Ukhtomsky. By...
and taught there from 1894 to 1917. In 1891, he became a member of the Peredvizhniki
Peredvizhniki
Peredvizhniki , often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who in protest at academic restrictions formed an artists' cooperative; it evolved into the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions in 1870.- History :In 1863 a group of fourteen students...
(The Wanderers), a group of Russian artists which originated from Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. In 1922 he joined the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (AKhRR).
Kasatkin started with genre painting with impressions of workers and miners in Donbass
Donets Basin
Donbas or Donbass , full rarely-used name Donets Basin , is a historical, economic and cultural region of eastern Ukraine. Originally a coal mining area, it has become a heavily industrialised territory suffering from urban decay and industrial pollution.-Geography:Donbas covers three...
. In the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1905
Russian Revolution of 1905
The 1905 Russian Revolution was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies...
he became a forerunner of socialist realism
Socialist realism
Socialist realism is a style of realistic art which was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries. Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style having its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism...
.