Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin

Background

Andrei Ryabushkin was born on October 29, 1861 in the village Stanichnaya sloboda, Borisoglebskiy uezd, Tambov Governorate (present-day Tambov oblast, Russian Federation). He was the son of an icon painter.

Education

During the period from 1875 to 1882, Andrei Ryabushkin studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (present-day Moscow Architectural Institute) under Vasily Perov and Illarion Pryanishnikov. In 1882, he enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Arts (present-day Russian Academy of Arts), graduating in 1890. Pavel Chistyakov was his mentor.

Also, after graduation from the Academy, Ryabushkin received a stipend for travel and studies abroad from Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia for his work "Descent from the Cross". Instead of going to Italy or Paris, Ryabushkin chose to make a tour to ancient Russian towns (Novgorod, Kiev, Moscow, Uglich, Yaroslavl). There, he studied old architecture, items of folk crafts, old weapons, fabrics, tapestries, embroidery and icons.

Career

In 1890, 1892 and 1894, Andrei Ryabushkin took part in Peredvizhniki exhibitions, but later broke with the movement.

In the 1890s, he lived and worked in the estate of his friend V. F. Tymenev in town of Lyuban (Novgorod Governorate, now Leningrad oblast). In 1901, the painter built a studio in a village of Didvino close to Lubvino and the estate of his friend I. Belyaev.

Andrei Ryabushkin also worked on frescoes for Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod and mosaics for the Church of the Savior on Blood in Saint Petersburg. There are 24 of his mosaics on the walls of Church of the Savior on Blood (17 inside and seven outside).

During the last years of his life, Ryabushkin created illustrations for Russian epics, referring to village theme.

Achievements

• Ryabushkin's works are kept at the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Scientific-Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, the National Pushkin Museum, the Pskov Historical, Architectural and Art Museum Complex and others.

Works

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  • Road

  • Moscow girl of XVII Century

  • Russian Women of the XVII century in Church

  • Portrait of I. F. Tyumenev with his wife

  • Alyosha Popovich. Illustration for the book "Russian epic heroes"

  • Going to Church

  • They are Coming (Moscovites Watching the Entry of a Foreign Embassy into Moscow at the End of the XVII Century)

  • A Young Man Breaking into the Girls Dance, and the Old Women are in Panic

  • Deacon

  • Coming Back from Fair

  • Svyatogor

  • Winter Morning

  • Presented with the Tzar's Own Fur lined Robe

  • Sadko, a wealthy guest of Novgorod. Illustration for the book "Russian epic heroes"

  • Village Wedding in the Tambov Province

  • A bow with a red porch. Illustration for the coronation album

  • Noah's Ark

  • Tea Party

  • Strelets Patrol at Ilyinskie gates in the old Moscow

  • Tzar Mikhail Fedorovich Holding Council with the Boyars in His Royal Chamber

  • The old men

  • In the Village

  • Wedding Train in the XVII century, Moscow

  • Waiting for the Tzar. Sketch for an unrealized painting

  • Tavern

  • In a Village. Going to Liturgy

  • Going on a Visit

  • School of XVII Century

  • Governor's Wife Martha and eternal bell

  • Illustration for the coronation album

  • Volga Vseslavevich

  • Boyar Duma

  • Sunday in the Village, Study

  • Waiting for Bridal Couple's Return from a Church in Novgorod Province

  • Novgorod Church

  • Mikhailovsky Street in Novgorod

  • In the dragon cave

  • In the village. Girl with a bucket

  • Sagittarius

  • Sunday in the village

  • Rider

  • Prince Ukhtomsky in the Battle with Tartars at Volga in 1469

  • Head of Boy

  • Moscow Street of XVII Century

  • Churilo Plenkovich. Illustration for the book "Russian epic heroes"

  • Red House

  • Woman in Novgorod Peasant Dress

  • Family of merchant in XVII century

  • Portrait of I. F. Tyumenev

  • Mikula Selyaninovich. Illustration for the book "Russian epic heroes"

  • Old Moscow street

  • Ivan the Terrible

  • Beginner

  • Life for Tsar

  • Ilya of Murom. Illustration for the book "Russian epic heroes"

  • Sunday

  • Nastassja Mikulichna

  • Vasily Buslaev. Illustration for the book "Russian epic heroes"

  • Dobrynya Nikitich. Illustration for the book "Russian epic heroes"

  • Veche of Novgorod

  • Waiting for newlyweds from the wedding in the Novgorod province

Connections

mentor:

Vasily Perov

mentor:

Illarion Pryanishnikov

mentor:

Pavel Chistyakov

References

• 60 Color Paintings of Andrei Ryabushkin
  2012