Who painted “Nikita Pustosvyat. Debate about faith”?

“Nikita Pustosvyat. Debate about faith” was painted by Vasily Perov in 1881. Where to see it: Tretyakov Gallery.

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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.

Vasily Grigorevich Perov (2 January 1834 – 10 June 1882) was a Russian painter, a key figure of the Russian Realist movement and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki. Wikipedia

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More by Vasily Perov

“The Hunters at Rest”, 1871
“Fisherman”, 1871
“Triplet (Troyka)”, 1866
“Portrait of Fedor Dostoyevsky”, 1872
“Yaroslavna's Lament”
“Pugachev's Court”, 1879
“Wanderer by Vasily Perov”, 1870
“Tea-Party in Mytishchi near Moscow”, 1862