Who painted “The Student Girl”?

“The Student Girl” was painted by Nikolai Yaroshenko in 1883. Where to see it: Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts.

What to look for

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.

Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (13 December 1846 – 7 July 1898) was a Russian painter of Ukrainian origin. Wikipedia

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More by Nikolai Yaroshenko

“Everywhere life”, 1888
“In a Warm Land”, 1890
“The Student”, 1881
“The Terrorist”, 1881
“Lady with a Cat”, 1880
“On the swing”, 1888
“Portrait of Alexander Gerd”
“Blind”, 1879