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