Ivan Tvorozhnikov

Ivan Tvorozhnikov
Tvorozhnikov in 1888
Born	(1848-10-10)October 10, 1848 Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	1919(1919-00-00) (aged 70–71)
Education	Member Academy of Arts (1906)
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts (1875)
Known for	Painting

Ivan Ivanovich Tvorozhnikov (Russian: Иван Иванович Творожников; October 10, 1848 – 1919) was a Russian painter and a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

Biography

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.

Works

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  Mirovich by the corpse of Ioann Antonovich on July 5, 1764] (1884)
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  Boy beggar with a basket (1886)
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  Girl with a scarf
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  Zemsky doctor
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  Grandmother and granddaughter (1891)

Further reading

• (in Russian) Михайлов, А. Иван Творожников. Художник, 1987, N 12.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ivan Tvorozhnikov" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.