Vasily Tropinin
Vasily Tropinin | |
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Self-Portrait in the Front of the Kremlin, 1844; Tropinin Museum, Moscow | |
| Born | Vasily Andreevich Tropinin 30 March 1776 |
| Died | 16 May 1857 (aged 81) Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow |
| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1824) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1804) |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing |
| Movement | Romanticism |
Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (Russian: Васи́лий Андре́евич Тропи́нин; 30 March [O.S. 19 March] 1776 – 16 May [O.S. 4 May] 1857) was a Russian Romantic painter, active in Moscow during Tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I's reigns. Much of his life was spent as a serf, not attaining freedom until he was more than forty years old. Three of his more important works are a portrait of Alexander Pushkin and paintings called The Lace Maker and The Gold-Embroideress.