Who painted “Mental Calculation. In Public School of S. A. Rachinsky”?

“Mental Calculation. In Public School of S. A. Rachinsky” was painted by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky in 1895. 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.

Nikolay Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (20 December 1868 – 19 February 1945) was a Russian painter, active in St. Petersburg during Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II's reigns and then in Riga during the Interwar era, best known for his genre pictures of peasants. Wikipedia

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“Portrait of Princess D.Gorchakova”, 1903
“Portrait of Maria Abamelek-Lazareva”, 1900–1901
“"Portrait of Adjutant-General P. P. Gesse”, 1904
“Portrait of N.P. Barsukov, 1902”, 1902
“Prince Nicholas Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston”, 1911
“Portrait of K.A.Gorchakov”, 1903
“Portrait of Princess Maria Abamelek-Lazareva”, 1900–1901
“At the School Door”, 1897