His likeness appeared on the 50 Ural franc banknote and, in 2015, a monument to him was unveiled at the Bashkir Nesterov Art Museum in Ufa
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Mikhail Nesterov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov 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.
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culture · Russian-Soviet painter (1862–1942) · painter · philosopher · memoirist · also Mikhail Nesterov, Nesterov, Michail Wassiljewitsch Nesteroff, Mikhail Vasilʹevich Nesterov, Mikhail Vasil'yevich Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilevich Nesterov
Born 19 May 1862 · Died 18 October 1942 · Q318427
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1942· 2 entries
Died 1942-10-18.
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Awarded Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1942).
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1941· 1 entry
Was awarded the Stalin Prize for his portrait of Pavlov (created in 1935)
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1938· 1 entry
Toward the end of the Great Purge, his son-in-law, Vladimir Schroeter, a prominent lawyer, was accused of being a spy and shot
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1926· 1 entry
Were published later that year under the title "Bygone Days"
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1920· 1 entry
And was forced to give up religious painting, although he continued to work on his Saint Sergius series in private
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1918· 1 entry
Moved to Armavir, where he became ill and was unable to work
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1905· 1 entry
After the Revolution began, he joined the Union of the Russian People, a nationalist party that supported the Tsar
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1902· 1 entry
Married Ekaterina Vasilyeva, whom he had met admiring his works at an exhibition
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1901· 1 entry
Wanted to deepen his spiritual appreciation of the monastic life, so he spent some time at the Solovetsky Monastery on the coast of the White Sea
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1898· 1 entry
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich asked him to work at the Alexander Nevsky church in Abastumani
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1890· 1 entry
Adrian Prakhov, who was overseeing work at St Volodymyr's Cathedral, became familiar with Nesterov's paintings and invited him to participate in creating murals and icons there
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1886· 1 entry
Studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1874–1886).
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1885· 1 entry
Was awarded the title "Free Artist" and married, against his parents' wishes
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1879· 1 entry
Began to participate in the school's exhibitions
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1877· 1 entry
His counselors suggested that he transfer to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied with Pavel Sorokin, Illarion Pryanishnikov and Vasily Perov, who was his favorite teacher
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1874· 1 entry
Was sent to Moscow where he enrolled at the Voskresensky Realschule
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1862· 1 entry
Born 1862-05-19.
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