Ivan Shishkin
Ivan Shishkin | |
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| Иван Шишкин | |
| Born | 25 January 1832 Yelabuga, Vyatka Governorate, Russia |
| Died | 20 March 1898 (aged 66) St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Resting place | Tikhvin Cemetery, St. Petersburg |
| Alma mater | Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1856); Imperial Academy of Arts (1860) |
| Known for | Landscape painting |
| Notable work | Morning in a Pine Forest (with Konstantin Savitsky, 1889) A Rye Field (1878) |
| Movement | Realism, Peredvizhniki |
| Spouse | Olga Antonovna Lagoda-Shishkina |
| Awards | Silver Medal (1858) Minor Golden Medal (1859) Grand Golden Medal (1860) |
| Elected | Member Academy of Arts (1865) Professor by rank (1873) |
| Patrons | Pavel Tretyakov |
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (Russian: Иван Иванович Шишкин; 25 January [O.S. 13 January] 1832 – 20 March [O.S. 8 March] 1898) was a Russian landscape painter and graphic artist, one of the most famous landscape painters of the post-reform era, and the creator of the iconic painting Morning in a Pine Forest. He was an academician (from 1865), professor (from 1873) and full member (from 1893, under the new charter) of the Imperial Academy of Arts, as well as a professor and head of the landscape workshop at the Higher Art School (1894–1895). He was also one of the founding members of the Peredvizhniki movement (from 1870).