Monday, April 12, 2021

A Peasant Leaving His Landlord on Yuri's Day by Sergey Ivanov

The painting was painted by Sergey Ivanov in 1908. Sergey Vasilyevich Ivanov (1864-1910) was a Russian genre and history painter, known for his Social Realism.

He attended the Imperial Academy of Arts and graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1885.

Yuri's Day is the Russian name for either of the two feasts of Saint George celebrated by the Russian Orthodox Church.
A Peasant Leaving His Landlord on Yuri's Day by Sergey Ivanov
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