Alexei Savrasov

Savrasov on a 1956 postage stamp
The Rooks Have Returned was painted by Savrasov near Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma.

Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov[a]; 24 May [O.S. 12 May] 1830 – 8 October [O.S. 26 September] 1897) was a Russian landscape painter. He created a style of painting, called lyrical landscape style.[1] His most famous painting is The Rooks Have Returned.

Some of his paintings

Notes

  1. ↑ In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Kondratyevich and the family name is Savrasov.

Sources

  1. ↑ Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) (1976). Landscape Masterpieces from Soviet Museums: 18 October - 30 November 1975 Royal Academy of Arts, London, 18 December 1975 - 28 January 1976 Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. Royal Academy. p. 30.