From the heart of Russia, in Stanichnaya Sloboda, located in the regency Tambov, Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin saw the light of day on October 29, 1861. Born into a family of icon painters, art was the guiding element of his life from the very beginning. He helped his father and older brother, who both practiced this sacred profession, from a young age. However, at the age of 14, he lost his parents and found himself an orphan. In the midst of this pain, Ryabushkin found the courage to continue his passion for art and entered the Moscow College of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1875 - one of the youngest students ever.
His education was comprehensive and inspiring. He was instructed by such masters as Vasily Grigorievich Perov and Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov. However, after Perov's death in 1882, he left Moscow without a degree and entered the Saint Petersburg Academy of Art to study under Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov. Despite personal disappointment with the experience, he graduated in 1892. Although he did not receive an award for his thesis, he was granted a scholarship to continue his education abroad at his own expense.
However, Ryabushkin decided against going abroad. Instead, he traveled through old Russian cities such as Novgorod, Kiev, Moscow, Uglitch, and Yaroslavl. On these trips he immersed himself in the architectural wonders, folk crafts, ancient weapons, fabrics, tapestries and embroidery of these cities. The deep connection and understanding of Russian culture that he developed on these trips became a major source of inspiration for his later works.
In 1890, 1892 and 1894 he participated in the traveling exhibitions of the Peredvizhniki, an artistic movement that promoted realist art. But later he separated from this group. In the 1890s, a period when he received few commissions for drawings, watercolors, and illustrations for magazines, he settled in Lubvino. In 1901 he had a studio built in the nearby village of Didwino. In the following years he devoted himself intensively to the life of the Russian rural population of his time, which was reflected in the works of this period.
From the heart of Russia, in Stanichnaya Sloboda, located in the regency Tambov, Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin saw the light of day on October 29, 1861. Born into a family of icon painters, art was the guiding element of his life from the very beginning. He helped his father and older brother, who both practiced this sacred profession, from a young age. However, at the age of 14, he lost his parents and found himself an orphan. In the midst of this pain, Ryabushkin found the courage to continue his passion for art and entered the Moscow College of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1875 - one of the youngest students ever.
His education was comprehensive and inspiring. He was instructed by such masters as Vasily Grigorievich Perov and Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov. However, after Perov's death in 1882, he left Moscow without a degree and entered the Saint Petersburg Academy of Art to study under Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov. Despite personal disappointment with the experience, he graduated in 1892. Although he did not receive an award for his thesis, he was granted a scholarship to continue his education abroad at his own expense.
However, Ryabushkin decided against going abroad. Instead, he traveled through old Russian cities such as Novgorod, Kiev, Moscow, Uglitch, and Yaroslavl. On these trips he immersed himself in the architectural wonders, folk crafts, ancient weapons, fabrics, tapestries and embroidery of these cities. The deep connection and understanding of Russian culture that he developed on these trips became a major source of inspiration for his later works.
In 1890, 1892 and 1894 he participated in the traveling exhibitions of the Peredvizhniki, an artistic movement that promoted realist art. But later he separated from this group. In the 1890s, a period when he received few commissions for drawings, watercolors, and illustrations for magazines, he settled in Lubvino. In 1901 he had a studio built in the nearby village of Didwino. In the following years he devoted himself intensively to the life of the Russian rural population of his time, which was reflected in the works of this period.
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