Amazing Paintings of Nikolai Yaroshenko, One of the Leading Artist of Realism in the Eastern Europe in the Late 19th Century

The Blind, 1879
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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
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Portrait of a Ukrainian Woman, circa 1875
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The Prisoner, 1878
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The Stoker, 1878
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Lady with a Cat, 1880
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Old Soldier, 1880
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Peasant in the Forest, 1880
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Sunset, 1880
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Old and Young, 1881
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The Student, 1881
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Morning, 1882
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Girl Student, 1883
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Girl Student, 1883
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Kicked Out, 1883
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A Nurse, 1886
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Gipsy Woman, 1886
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Everywhere Life, 1888
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On the Swing, 1888
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In a Warm Country, 1890
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A Peasant Girl, 1891
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Seeing Off, 1891
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Boy in the Garden, 1892
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Girls with a Letter, 1892
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Old Man, 1892
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Funeral of the Firstborn, 1893
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman, 1893
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Choir, 1894
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Self Portrait, 1894
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Eruption of Volcano, 1898
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