VOLKOV Ivan

on 31 may (12 June) 1847 (village of Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod region) — 12 (24) November 1893 (village of Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod province)

Painter, graphic artist

From the family of a serf. In his youth he worked as an artist-декоратором Vyksa theatre. Studied in MUZHVZ (graduated in 1877) А. К. Саврасова. In 1876 получил a large silver medal for landscape "After the rain".

Lived in Vyksa. Worked primarily as a landscape painter; the author of painting works: "Summer night", "Pond", "the Ruin of the nest" (all — beginning 1870-х), "Nablyudatelya" (until 1891). From 1883 systematically drew for the magazine "Niva". Performed compositions on themes of works А. С. Пушкина — "Eugene Onegin", "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "the Devils" (1887), В. А. Жуковского — "Undine" (1892).

1874 — participated in exhibitions. Exhibited 1-й Nizhny Novgorod art exhibition (1886), the exhibition of the Moscow society of art lovers (1891) and others.

Source:

Artists of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1972, vol. 2. S. 321.