Ivan Tvorozhnikov

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A beggar boy with basket. 1886.
A beggar boy with basket. 1886.

Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov (Russian: Иван Иванович Творожников; 1848—1919) was a Russian painter. Tvorozhnikov graduated in the Saint Petersburg Drawing School attached to the Society of Imperial Incentive. Finishing his studies there in 1868, he entered the Academy of Arts, where he continued his education up to 1875. Tvorozhnikov's major works are considered to be The salvation books vendor (1888), Grandmother and granddaughter, Mirovich by the corpse of Ioann Antonovich on July 5, 1764, By the church (1889) and God sent the mercy.

A son of peasant from Moscow Guberniya, Tvorozhnikov was born in Zhukovo village of the Tver uyezd. Being 12 years old, he was sent to Saint Petersburg for wages. Later Tvorozhnikov repeatedly visited the Tver Guberniya.

[edit] Further reading

  • (Russian) Михайлов, А. Иван Творожников. Художник, 1987, N 12.

This article is based on material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.