Vasily Vereshchagin

1842–1904 · Russian Empire · Realism, Orientalism

Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (26 October 1842 – 13 April 1904) was a Russian painter, war artist, and traveller. The graphic nature of his realist scenes led to many of them never being printed or exhibited to the public. Wikipedia

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War as it is: battlefields, skulls, soldiers and the East painted with documentary realism and bright light.

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Works

“The Apotheosis of War”, 1871 — Tretyakov Gallery
“A Rich Kirghiz Huntsman with a Falcon”, 1871 — Tretyakov Gallery
“They Attack Unaware”, 1871 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Mortally wounded”, 1873 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Napoleon I in Russia” — State Historical Museum
“In the Turkish mortuary”, 1881 — V. V. Vereshchagin Mykolaiv Art Museum
“Suppression of the Indian Revolt by the English”, 1884
“Medrasah Shir-Dhor at Registan place in Samarkand”, 1870 — Tretyakov Gallery
“The Kremlin is on fire!”, 1887–1898 — Museum of Patriotic War 1812
“Through the fire” — Museum of Patriotic War 1812
“Marshal Davout in Chudov Monastery” — Museum of Patriotic War 1812
“Return from Petrovsky palace” — Museum of Patriotic War 1812
“11. In Defeated Moscow”, 1897 — Museum of Patriotic War 1812
“Napoleon near Borodino”, 1897 — State Historical Museum
“Before Moscow waiting for boyars”, 1891 — Museum of Patriotic War 1812
“Tamerlan's Doors”, 1872 — Tretyakov Gallery
“They are triumphant”, 1872 — Tretyakov Gallery
“A group of musicians playing for a bacha dancing boy”, 1867 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Nomadic road in the Alatau Mountains”, 1869 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Spying out”, 1873 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Presentation of the trophies”, 1872 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Before the attack. At Plevna”, 1881 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Shipka-Sheinovo. Skobelev at Shipka”, 1878 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Bukhara soldier”, 1873 — Tretyakov Gallery
“In the Alatau Mountains”, 1869 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Camel in the courtyard of the caravanserai”, 1869 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Himalayan Ponies”, 1875 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Fakirs”, 1875 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Main Street in Samarkand, from the height of the citadel in the early morning”, 1870 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Dervishes in Festive Dress. Tashkent”, 1870 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Ruins of Chinese sanctuary. Ak-Kent”, 1869 — Tretyakov Gallery
“About war”, 1873 — Tretyakov Gallery
“A Garden gate in Chuguchak”, 1869 — Tretyakov Gallery
“At the Door of a Mosque”, 1873 — Russian Museum
“Buddhist Temple in Darjiling. Sikkim”, 1874 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Evening on a Lake. A Pavilion on the Marble Embankment in Rajnagar (Udaipur principality)”, 1874 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Inside the Tent of a Rich Kirghiz”, 1869 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Mounted Warrior in Jaipur”, 1881 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Uzbek woman in Tashkent”, 1873 — Tretyakov Gallery
“Kalmyk chapel”, 1869 — Tretyakov Gallery

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