The universe of Vasily PerovIncisive village scenes and portraits of rare interiority make Vasily Perov one of the founders of Russian critical realism.
1834 - 1882Life and career
Tobolsk, Arzamas, Moscow School, Paris, Germany, Ambulants, Tretyakov gallery and Moscow educationMain homes
Russian realism, genre scene, social criticism, portrait, oil, drawing, satire, peasant life, clergy, writers and pedagogyPractical
°1,000Paintings, portraits, genre scenes, drawings, studies, illustrations, unfinished works, lost works and created works, overall estimate
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1834 -1882 · Moscow and Russian social realism
Incisive village scenes and portraits of rare interiority make Vasily Perov one of the founders of Russian critical realism.
Vasily Grigorievich Perov was born in 1834 in Tobolsk and died in 1882 near Moscow. After training at the Arzamas art school, he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1853. His first genre scenes observed with biting irony administrative abuses, religious conventions and daily poverty. A gold medal allowed him to travel to Western Europe, but he shortened his stay in Paris: he believed that Russian society remained his true subject. Back in Moscow, Perov deepened his stay in Paris: he believed that Russian society remained his true subject. Back in Moscow, Perov deepened his stay in Paris: he believed that Russian society remained his true subject. Back in Moscow, Perov deepened his stay in Paris: he believed that Russian society remained his true subject. Back in Moscow, Perov deepened his stay in Paris: he believed that Russian society remained his true subject. Back in Moscow, Perov deepened his stay in Paris: he believed that Russian society remained his true subject. Back in Moscow, Perov deepened his stay in Paris: he believed that Russian society remained his true subject. Back in Moscow, Perov deepened his less caricatured and more compassionate realism. The Sermon in the Village brought together peasants, distracted, looks and social hierarchies tell as much as the preacher. In 1870, Perov participated in the founding of the Society of Traveling Art Exhibitions, the Ambulants, which wanted to take art outside the Academy and to a wider audience. His portraits from the 1870s renewed the genre through their sobriety. His portraits from the 1870s renewed the genre with their sobriety. Commissioned by Pavel Tretyakov in 1872, the Portrait of Fyodor Dostoyevsky places the writer seated, his hands tied and his gaze withdrawn; the dark background and the economy of accessories focus all attention on a painful thought. Professor in his former Moscow school, Perov trains young artists while pursuing hunting scenes, subjects popular and portraits. His work thus moves from social satire to a serious understanding of individuals. The "Vassili Perov" selection notably compares The Sermon in the Village and Portrait of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. His reading favors light.
Perov observes society through gestures: a distracted hand or a lowered gaze is enough to reveal an entire human order.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Arzamas, Moscow School and social satire
Academic drawing and observation of everyday life impose a critical realism consecrated by the first medals. This milestone illuminates the "Vassili Perov" collection by favoring light.
European travel and return to Russian society
Paris broadens its outlook, but the village, poverty and Moscow contradictions once again become its subjects.
Ambulants, large portraits and teaching
Dostoyevsky, writers, hunters and students extend an art that is now more interior than satirical.
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Revealing gesture
Hand, posture and direction of gaze expose social relationships without added discourse. This trait guides a reading of "Vassili Perov" centered on light.
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Psychological sobriety
Dark background and reduced accessories give the face and body all their intensity.
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Critical realism
Clergy, civil servants and notables are observed with a precision that exposes hypocrisies.
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Popular compassion
Peasants, children and the poor appear as individuals rather than picturesque types.
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Six readings specific to Vasily Perov
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Vasily Perov.
Society observed01
The Sermon in the Village
The preacher speaks, but distractions, ranks and attitudes tell of a community crossed by its differences.
Landmark work by Vasily Perov. Reading of "Vasily Perov" through light.Inner thought02
Portrait of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Tied hands, folded body and absent gaze give the writer a presence of silent intensity.
Landmark work by Vasily PerovStyle03
Revealing gesture
Hand, posture and direction of gaze expose social relationships without added discourse. This trait guides a reading of "Vassili Perov" centered on light.
Reading key for Vasily PerovStyle04
Psychological sobriety
Dark background and reduced accessories give the face and body all their intensity.
Reading key for Vasily PerovStyle05
Critical realism
Clergy, civil servants and notables are observed with a precision that exposes hypocrisies.
Reading key for Vasily PerovStyle06
Popular compassion
Peasants, children and the poor appear as individuals rather than picturesque types.
Reading key for Vasily Perov
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