Василий Дмитриевич Поленов

Vasiliy Polenov

Polenov was born in an intellectual and noble family. His father was a high-rank official and at the same time a historian-archaeologist. His mother was an amateur engaged in painting.
Their son inherited both talents - scientific and artistic. In the paternal estate of Imochency on the riverside Oyat' in the Olonetskaya province young Polenov enjoyed wonderful Russian nature. And in 1858 he first saw "Christian” people" And. And. He met with Ivanov. As it will turn out later, these two meetings will appear major in the fate of Polenov as an artist.
Polenov Vasiliy Dmitry

House of Vasiliy Polenov (in the farmstead of Polenovo)

Many years passed before Polenov
indeed found itself as an artist...

...pictures...

"Moscow court"

"Grandmother garden"

"Christ and sinner"

"Old mill"

"Gold autumn"

"Beirut. Syrian port at the Meditterranean seaside"

"Venise"

Polenov Vasiliy Dmitry
(20.05.1844-18.07.1927)