Myasoedov Grigory

April 7, 1834 (s Pan'kova Tula Province) - December 17, 1911 (Pavlenko estate near Poltava)

painter, graphic artist, art theorist.

occurred from a wealthy aristocratic family. He studied at the gymnasium of Orel, where he received initial artistic training under the guidance of IA Volkova. Not finishing the course, moved to St. Petersburg and entered the IAH. Engaged in a class of historical painting at TA Neff, and Markov. During the period of training received all existing academic awards: in 1859 he was awarded two small silver medals in 1860 - a large silver medal for the painting "The village witch-doctor" in 1861 - a small gold medal for the painting "Congratulations to the young squire's house, in the 1862 - a large gold medal for the program "Escape Gregory Otrepiev from the inn on the Lithuanian border." In the same year, released from the IAH class artist with a rank of 1 st degree and a pensioner's right to travel abroad for six years. During the studies carried away by the music, made friends with the composers MA Balakirev, AN Serov, A. C. Cui. In 1862 he entered the Moscow Society of Art Lovers.

in May 1863 as a pensioner IAH went to Europe. He visited Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. In 1864 he worked in Florence in 1865 - Paris, in 1866 - Spain. For family reasons he returned to Russia in May 1866, before the pensioner's life. Until March 1867 he lived in the province of Tula. In the spring of 1867 again went abroad. Visited the World Exhibition in Paris, he settled in Florence, where he met with Nikolai Ge and AI Herzen.

In March 1869 he returned to Russia. Lived alternately in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tula, Kharkov, Poltava, Crimea. In 1870, for the painting "spell (of the folk beliefs)" was awarded the title of academician. In the same year he became one of the founders TPHV, author of the first charter of the Association. From 1872 served on the association board.

addition to painting studied etching, a technique pioneered under the leadership of AI Somov. He was a member of the Society of Russian akvafortistov. Reproduced in the engraving some of his paintings, in particular "spell" (1870), "Grandfather of the Russian fleet (Peter I consider small boat in Izmailovo)" (1872), "Zemstvo dines" (1873), "Reading of February 19, 1861" (1874).

spring of 1874 traveled to Vienna and Italy. In 1876 traveled to Serbia in the theater Serbo-Turkish war. Repeatedly traveled to the southern provinces of Russia.

in 1891-1893 participated in the work of the Commission on the Revision of the statute of IAH. In 1893 he was elected a member of the Academy of Arts. On behalf of IAH was engaged by the organization of art education in the provincial towns, particularly in Kazan, Kiev, Kharkov, Rostov-on-Don. In 1895 he organized a drawing classes in Poltava. In 1902, resigned from the IAH, expressing disagreement with the formal approach to training in the Academy. In recent years he lived mostly in his estate Pavlenko at Poltava.

Myasoedova memorial exhibition was held in Poltava (1912) and Moscow (1913).

Myasoedov - an outstanding Russian artist of the second half of the XIX century, one of the most consistent and active members of TPHV, representative of critical realism. He worked mainly in the field of easel painting, created the paintings on the social and historical subjects, landscapes. Rarely spoke to the portrait.

heyday of the master's accounts for 1860 - 1870 with the establishment of the best-known genre works: "Congratulations to the young squire's house" (1861), "Zemstvo dines" (1872), " Reading of February 19, 1861 (1873). In his works, often accusatory, ostrokriticheskogo nature, he sought to accurate transmission of poverty and lawlessness of the peasantry, in some paintings ( "Strada (mowers)", 1887) extolled the grandeur and poetry work.

Along with the works of critical focus in the work Myasoedova find pictures related to the pagan and Christian folk ( "Privorotnye grass," 1866; "Prayer at the plow for the granting of rain (drought)", 1877), the national romantic rural motifs ( "The Road in the Rye", 1881), literary images ( "Reading" Kreutzer Sonata, Tolstoy (New Truth) ", 1893," Mickiewicz in the cabin Zenaida Volkonskaya, 1908).

Painting Myasoedova inherent in narrative, dramatic, internal tensions plots, the depth of character, clarity of composition construction, care to detail.

In the later period (1890 - 1900-e), the artist completely abandoned the critical early in the painting, the dominant in his work began to landscape, different variety of motives, delicate lyricism and consistently realistic approach to nature.

Myasoedova works are in many museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, the Scientific Research Museum of Russia Academy of Arts, the All-Russia Pushkin Museum and others.