Who painted “Beekeeper”?

“Beekeeper” was painted by Ivan Kramskoi in 1872. Where to see it: Tretyakov Gallery.

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Ivan Kramskoi: penetrating, psychological portraits and contemplative figures; restrained colour and intense faces.

Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoi (8 June 1837 – 5 April 1887) was a Russian Realist painter and art critic. One of the most prominent artisans during Tsar Alexander II's reign, he is remembered as co-founding member and public frontman of the Peredvizhniki movement. Wikipedia

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“Portrait of an Unknown Woman”, 1883
“Christ in the Wilderness”, 1872
“The Mermaids”, 1871
“Inconsolable Grief”, 1884
“Moonlight night”, 1880
“Meditator”, 1876
“N. A. Nekrasov in the Period of ‘The Last Songs’”, 1877
“Portrait of Leo Tolstoy”, 1873