Mikhail Nesterov

Style: Art Nouveau; Symbolism; Post-Impressionism; Realism;

Place: Ufa

Born: 1862

Death: 1942

Biography:

Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Не́стеров 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1862, Ufa – 18 October 1942, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet painter associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia. He was born to a strongly patriarchal merchant family. His father was a dra...