His remains and tombstone were transferred to the Tikhvin Cemetery at the Necropolis of the Masters of Art
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Ivan Shishkin
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was a Russian Realist painter and draughtsman, best known for his landscape subjects. One of the most notable artisans to emerge during Tsar Alexander II's reign, he was among founding members of the Peredvizhniki company.
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culture · Russian landscape painter (1832–1898) · painter · printmaker · visual artist · graphic artist · artist · also Ivan Shishkin, I. I. Shishkin, Ivan Ivanovitch Chichkin, Iwan Iwanowitsch Schischkin, Jean Chichkine, I. Shishkin
Born 13 January 1831 · Died 8 March 1898 · Q193064
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1898· 2 entries
Died 1898-03-08.
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Completed his painting The Pine Grove and on March 20, 1898, Shishkin died suddenly of a heart attack in St Petersburg while sitting at his easel in front of a new painting
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1892· 1 entry
Was invited to become professor-director of the landscape painting workshop class in the Academy of Arts, but for various reasons he held the position only briefly
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1873· 1 entry
The Academy of Arts officially awarded Shishkin the title of professor after purchasing his painting Forest Wilderness
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1870· 1 entry
Became a member of the Circle of the Itinerants and Society of Russian Etchers in St Petersburg and resumed working with aqua regia etching, a technique he continued practicing for the rest of his life, dedicating alm
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1868· 1 entry
The Academy of Arts awarded Shishkin the title of professor for his paintings Pine Forest and Instead of Crossing the Bridge, Let’s Find a Ford, but Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, the Academy’s president, instead awarde
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1863· 1 entry
Shishkin moved to Zurich, where, under the guidance of Professor Rudolf Koller—then considered one of the best animal painters—he sketched and painted animals from life
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1861· 1 entry
Went to Munich, Germany, where he visited the studios of the famous artists Benno Adam and Franz Adam, who were highly regarded as animal painters
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1860· 3 entries
Won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1860).
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Studied at Imperial Academy of Arts (1857–1860).
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Shishkin, Gine and Jogin submitted a request to the Council of the Academy of Arts for financial assistance to publish their studies through lithography
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1859· 1 entry
Was awarded a small gold medal for his landscape Gorge on Valaam and finally, in 1860, he earned the large gold medal for two paintings of the same title, View of Valaam Island
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1858· 2 entries
Won Large silver medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1858).
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Received a large silver medal for his study Pine on Valaam
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1857· 1 entry
Worked together in Dubki, a small settlement on the shore of the Gulf of Finland near Sestroretsk
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1856· 1 entry
Studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1856).
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1852· 1 entry
Entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied for four years until 1856
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1849· 1 entry
Studied at First Kazan Male Gymnasium (1843–1849).
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1831· 1 entry
Born 1831-01-13.
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