Who painted “Hammerfest. Northern lights”?

“Hammerfest. Northern lights” was painted by Konstantin Korovin in 1894. Where to see it: Tretyakov Gallery.

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Impressionism: Realism, just before, paints on dark grounds with solid forms; Post-Impressionism, just after, keeps the bright colour but adds firm outlines, built structure or symbolic colour.

Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (5 December 1861 – 11 September 1939) was a leading Russian Impressionist painter. Wikipedia

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