Who painted “Seventeenth-Century Moscow Street on a Public Holiday”?

“Seventeenth-Century Moscow Street on a Public Holiday” was painted by Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin in 1895. Where to see it: Russian Museum.

Peredvizhniki

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Peredvizhniki: academic painting of the time is polished, mythological and Italianate; the Wanderers paint Russian people and places, in earthy colour, with a story to read. French Realism shares the ideals but rarely the storytelling.

Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin (29 October 1861 – 10 May 1904) was a Russian painter. His major works were devoted to life of ordinary Russians of the 17th century. Wikipedia

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“Wedding train in Moscow (XVII century)”, 1901
“Ivan the Terrible”, 1903
“Tzar Mikhail Fedorovich Holding Council with the Boyars in His Royal Chamber”, 1883
“Moscow Street of XVII Century”, 1895
“Waiting for newlyweds from the wedding in the Novgorod province”, 1891
“Tea Party”, 1903
“Deacon”, 1888
“Russian Women of the XVII century in Church”, 1899