Ebook: Петр Верещагин

The cityscapes and landscapes painted by P. Vereshchagin are striking visual documents of nineteenth century Russia. Vereshchagin{u2019}s career was an unusual example of an artist from the provinces achieving recognition. He learned painting in Perm{u2019} from his maternal grandfather V. I. Babin and then studied with L. U. Orlov. Orlov was trained in Russia{u2019}s first provincial art school founded by A. S. Stupin in Arzamas. -- Summary written by John W. Emerich, Bronze Horseman Literary Agency.