Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov
Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov (October 10, 1848 – 1919) was a Russian painter in the Realist style, active in St. Petersburg from Tsar Alexander III's reign to the Civil War days, known for his genre pictures of peasants, close to the Peredvizhniki.
Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov

Vasily Savinsky · Савинский Василий Евменьевич, 1859 - 1937. Портрет Ивана Ивановича Творожникова | Государственный каталог Музейного фонда Российской Федерации · Public domain
- Born
- 10 October 1848
- Birthplace
- Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- 1919
- Place of death
- Petrograd
- Field
- Genre painting
- Education
- Alumni
- Elected
- Member
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- painting
- Honours
- Order of Saint Anna and 3rd class
- Languages
- Russian
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Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov (October 10, 1848 – 1919) was a Russian painter in the Realist style, active in St. Petersburg from Tsar Alexander III's reign to the Civil War days, known for his genre pictures of peasants, close to the Peredvizhniki.
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Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Boris Ebers and Savely Sorin are recorded as having studied under Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Saint Petersburg. Employment is recorded with Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Distinctions recorded are Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class.

Russia. Niva magazine, 1916, No 14. Picture I. Tvorozhnikov
Art Ivan Tvorozhnikov. Scanning Dmitry Makeev, scan date - 2020 year. · Private collection institution QS:P195,somevalue,P3831
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• Born — 10 October 1848 • Birthplace — Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 1919 • Place of death — Petrograd • Field — Genre painting • Education — Alumni • Elected — Member
Biography
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Tvorozhnikov graduated from the Saint Petersburg Drawing School attached to the Society of Imperial Incentive. Finishing his studies there in 1868, he entered the Academy of Arts, where he continued his education up to 1875. Tvorozhnikov's major works are considered to be the paintings The salvation books vendor (1888), Grandmother and granddaughter, Mirovich by the corpse of Ioann Antonovich on July 5, 1764, By the church (1889) and God sent the mercy. A son of peasants from Moscow Guberniya, Tvorozhnikov was born in Zhukovo village of the Tver uyezd. At 12 years old, he was sent to Saint Petersburg for wages. Later, Tvorozhnikov repeatedly visited the Tver Guberniya.
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• Illustration — Mirovich by the corpse of Ioann Antonovich on July 5, 1764 (1884) • Illustration — Boy beggar with a basket (1886) • Illustration — Girl with a scarf • Illustration — Zemsky doctor • Illustration — Grandmother and granddaughter (1891)
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1848
Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov was born on 10 October 1848.
1919
Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov died on 1 January 1919.
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Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov worked in painting. He was employed by Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. He worked at Saint Petersburg. Tvorozhnikov worked at Saint Petersburg. Recorded as having studied at Imperial Academy of Arts.
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