
Vasily Perov1834–1882Peut-on la contempler ?
Moscou, Russie
Le propriétaire est connu. Si elle est exposée aujourd’hui, le musée ne le dit pas, et l’on ne nous a pas appris à deviner.
1865–1870
From satire to the drama of the “humiliated and insulted”
The canvases “Seeing Off the Dead” and “The Queue at the Fountain”, which won first prizes at the competitions of the Moscow Society of Art Lovers and the Society for the Encouragement of Artists, opened a new stage: from satirical subjects Perov moved to more dramatic ones, about the “humiliated and insulted”.
22 mars 1868
Son born: Vladimir Perov
1869–1870
Organises the Moscow group of the Peredvizhniki
In 1869, together with Myasoedov, whose idea the Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions was, Perov organised the Moscow group of the Peredvizhniki; in 1870 he became one of the Association's founders and for seven years sat on its board.
1870
Made a professor for “The Wanderer” and “The Birdcatcher”
For the paintings “The Wanderer” and “The Birdcatcher” the Academy of Arts awarded Perov the title of professor; for “The Birdcatcher” he also won a first prize from the Society for the Encouragement of Artists.
1871
Teacher at the Moscow School of Painting
Perov was appointed a teacher at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in place of the late S. K. Zaryanko; his pupils included Mikhail Nesterov.
1872
Second marriage to Elizaveta Drugankova
In 1872 Perov married for the second time, to Elizaveta Egorovna Drugankova.