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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Nikolai Krassowskij was born in 1840. He served as an army officer before becoming an external member of the Art Academy of St Petersburg in 1870. This Academy had great civic importance. In 1875, Emperor Alexander II bought a painting from Krassowskij showing a dragoon in the rain. Alexander then commissioned him to paint the heroic acts of the Russian army in 1812. The realism evident in this painting of a very Russian scene was an element that was newly popular. After 1870, many artists broke away from the classical style and subject matter taught by the Academy. | Subjects: | landscape; figure; animal (horse) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Krassowskij, Nikolai (Russian artist, b.1840) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8631... | Go to resource |
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