Robin Sergey (Sergei) K.

September 24, 1818 (borough Liadov (Lady), Mogilev Province) - December 20, 1870 (Moscow)

painter and graphic artist.

born in the family KN Zaryanko, a serf of Count Lubomirski. At an early age he moved to St. Petersburg, where he obtained his freedom father worked at Prince AN Golitsyn. Original art education was under the direction of the artist VM Avrorina in 1830. From 1834 as a student attending volnoprihodyaschego IAH, where he was in a class of landscape painting in MN Vorobyov. In 1836, for "Type Fieldmarshal hall in the Winter Palace" was awarded a small silver medal. In 1837 he studied at AG Venetsianov in his school in the village Safonkovo Tver province. In 1838, for "Type Throne room" was the title neklassnogo (free), painter.

in 1841 for his film "The recreation room in the Law School has received a large silver medal. In 1843 a painting of "inland sea Nikolsky Cathedral in St. Petersburg" was awarded the title of academician.

Since mid-1840 he worked primarily as a portraitist. In 1850, presented to the Board of IAH portraits of Captain DV Khvostov and artist FP Tolstoy, for which approved the rank of professor of degree 2.

In 1846 he taught drawing at the Alexander Institute in Moscow orphanage, as well as prospects in the palace architecture school. Created an image for the iconostasis of churches of the Moscow Cadet Corps. In 1846-1855 conducted classes at the Nobles shelf. In 1856, after an unsuccessful attempt to take the place of teacher perspectives IAH (instead of the deceased M. Vorobyov) began teaching at MUZhViZ on the recommendation of FI Pryanishnikova. He has held the post of inspector of schools (1856-1860). Among his pupils - Vasily Perov, IM Pryanishnikov, KE and Vladimir Makovsky, V. Pukirev and others.

Since the end of 1865 he lived in St. Petersburg, where he painted portraits of the Imperial family for "Romanov Gallery in the Hermitage. Compiled by the work on methods of teaching "Guide to painting».

In 1871 in St. Petersburg hosted a memorial exhibition of the artist.

Zaryanko - one of the leading Russian artists of the mid XIX century, created a gallery of portraits of his contemporaries. His artistic style is largely shaped by the influence of lessons Venetsianov, however, aptly Alexander Benois, he turned the "live instruction of a teacher in a fixed formula for the dead. For pictures Zaryanko characterized by a certain rigidity of the figure, restrained colors, the desire for almost photographic accuracy of the image.

Zaryanko works are in many museum and private collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum.