BARVIEW Vasily Andreyevich

1840-1886

Painter, draftsman

Biographical details are scarce. Studied with В. А. Прохорова (?). Lived in St. Petersburg, he worked as a drawing teacher. Created compositions on biblical subjects (drawing, watercolour), the image of the Church. Completed drawings for an album of lithographs "Old Royal utensils, clothes, armor and more" (St. Petersburg, 1886). Copied the frescoes of the assumption Cathedral in Vladimir. In 1868 he participated in the exhibition in the halls of the Imperial Academy of arts with the painting "plagued by the Apostle Peter from prison".

the Work presented in the State Tretyakov gallery.

Sources:
1. Bakushinskii А. В. The Art Of Palekh. М.-Л., 1934. P. 89.
2. Bulgakov Ф. И. Our artists. St. Petersburg, 1889. S. 25.
3. The state Tretyakov gallery. The collection catalogue. Figure XIX century. M., 207, T. 2, kN. 1. S. 67.
4. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1970, vol. 1. S. 290.