Mikhail Nesterov1862–1942Натурщик
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Натурщик” now? Collection: Bashkir State Art Museum (Nesterov Museum), Ufa. Unknown.
Ufa, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- Ж-230
In the catalog
Sources
- The State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia
- Image: Bashkir State Art Museum (Nesterov Museum) — © Башкирский государственный художественный музей имени М. В. Нестерова · Госкаталог музейного фонда РФ
In the life of Mikhail Nesterov
The whole life1874–1886 · Education
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
summer 1883
Meets Maria Martynovskaya
Nesterov spent the summer of 1883 in Ufa, where he met Maria Ivanovna Martynovskaya, his future wife. Back in Moscow he studied in Vladimir Makovsky's class.
from 1884
History painting, and illustration for a living
From 1884 Nesterov painted historical subjects — “Reception of the Ambassadors” (1884), “The Jester's Caftan. Boyar Druzhina Andreevich Morozov before Ivan the Terrible” (1885) — and earned his living drawing for magazines and books published by Alexei Stupin, including a collected Pushkin, fairy tales and byliny.
summer 1885
Marries Maria Martynovskaya against his parents' will
In the summer of 1885, against his parents' wishes, Nesterov married Maria Ivanovna Martynovskaya; after the wedding he went on earning his living by illustrating Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoevsky.
1885
Awarded the title of Free Artist
For the painting “The Calling of Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov to the Throne” Nesterov received the title of Free Artist; a year later “Petitioners to the Tsar” earned him the title of Class Artist and the Large Silver Medal. By the late 1880s he was known for his pictures of pre-Petrine Russia.
May 1886
Daughter Olga is born; his wife dies
In May 1886 Nesterov's daughter Olga was born and his wife Maria Ivanovna died. He later carried the image of his beloved wife into many of his works.
