Amazing Paintings of Nikolai Yaroshenko, One of the Leading Artist of Realism in the Eastern Europe in the Late 19th Century
The Blind, 1879
Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (1846–1898) was a Russian painter of Ukrainian descent and a prominent member of the Peredvizhniki, or Wanderers, from 1876.
Known as “the conscience of the Itinerants” for his integrity, he retired as a Major General in 1892. Yaroshenko’s works, including portraits and genre paintings, often depicted the hardships of life in the Russian Empire, and he became a leading figure in Eastern European realism during the late 19th century.
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Peasant, 1874
Portrait of a Ukrainian Woman, circa 1875
The Prisoner, 1878
The Stoker, 1878
Lady with a Cat, 1880
Old Soldier, 1880
Peasant in the Forest, 1880
Sunset, 1880
Old and Young, 1881
The Student, 1881
Morning, 1882
Girl Student, 1883
Girl Student, 1883
Kicked Out, 1883
A Nurse, 1886
Gipsy Woman, 1886
Everywhere Life, 1888
On the Swing, 1888
In a Warm Country, 1890
A Peasant Girl, 1891
Seeing Off, 1891
Boy in the Garden, 1892
Girls with a Letter, 1892
Old Man, 1892
Funeral of the Firstborn, 1893
Portrait of an Unknown Woman, 1893
Choir, 1894
Self Portrait, 1894
Eruption of Volcano, 1898