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Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov ( Russian: Михаил Васильевич Нестеров; 31 May [ O.S. 19 May] 1862 – 18 October 1942) was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Не́стеров; 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1862, Ufa – 18 October 1942, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia.
Nesterov created lucid and airy images of saints, distinguished by his inimitable style, captivating in their fineness, lyricism and pearly tones - these images were placed in iconostases in the upper sections, isolated from the rest of the cathedral.
LATE IN 1901, MIKHAIL NESTEROV, THEN LIVING ALMOST ALL THE TIME IN KIEV, BEGAN WORKING ON HIS "HOLY RUS"' (1901-1905, RUSSIAN MUSEUM), WHILE IN ST. PETERSBURG THE RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL ASSEMBLIES STARTED GATHERING REGULARLY.
Drawing of the tombstone monument to Pyotr Stolypin in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. 1912. Left, back view of the cross with the sketch of relief with the Crucifixion; centre, front view of the cross with the study for the mosaic (made by Mikhail Nesterov); right, side view of the cross.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Не́стеров; 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1862, Ufa – 18 October 1942, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia. [Source: Wikipedia]
For Mikhail Nesterov, “holiness” was a hallmark of the ideas and objects regarded as sacred by every nation: the lands of the forbears, religion, the history and heroes of the country.
