Who painted “Portrait of the chess player A. D. Petrov”?

“Portrait of the chess player A. D. Petrov” was painted by Grigoriy Myasoyedov in 1907. Where to see it: Chess 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.

Grigoriy Grigorievich Myasoyedov (19 April 1834 – 31 December 1911) was a Russian realist painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement. Wikipedia

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“Harvest time. Croppers”, 1887
“The Zemstvo Dines”, 1872
“Reading of the manifesto of February 19, 1861”, 1873
“Congratulations to the newlyweds in the landowner's house. 1861”, 1882
“The road in the rye”, 1881
“A Wharf in Yalta”, 1890
“Escape of Gregoriy Otrepyev from Inn on the Lithuanian Border .”, 1862
“Candlelight”, 1901