Waiting for the best man, 1891
Rural holiday, 1870
V. G. Perov. Portrait of I. M. Pryanishnikov. Around 1862.
Pryanishnikov Illarion Mikhailovich(Pryanishnikov Illarion Mikhailovich), Russian genre artist, full member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1893). Born on March 20, 1840 in the village of Timashovo, Moscow province (currently Kaluga region). He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1856-1866) with Evgraf Semenovich Sorokin and Sergei Konstantinovich Zaryanko. In 1870 Pryanishnikov was awarded the title of artist 1 article.
Reading a letter in a small shop,1864
Already in the first works of the early 1860s (“Peddler Boy”, “Reading a Letter in a Petty Shop”), the features of the artist’s talent were clearly evident: observation, the ability for lively and accurate socio-psychological characteristics, rich colors of painting. And the painting he painted in his last year of study - “Jokers. Gostiny Dvor in Moscow” (1865, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow) - immediately brought him wide fame. In the painting “Jokers,” the artist depicted Moscow hoteliers making fun of a drunkard official who dances in front of them to the sounds of a harmonica.
Jokers. Gostiny Dvor in Moscow,1865
The next stage in the development of Pryanishnikov’s creativity is associated with the paintings “Pogoreltsy” (1871), “Empty People” (1871, Kharkov Art Museum; the second version of the painting - 1872, Tretyakov Gallery), which were exhibited at the first traveling exhibition and were recognized by critics as major achievements of Russian painting. Pryanishnikov's works of the 1870s differed from his earlier ones in greater compositional integrity and color saturation. The landscape in these paintings turned from a conventional background into a poeticized environment, enriching the figurative structure of poignant scenes drawn by the author from folk life.
Empty, 1872
The painting “Episode from the War of 1812” (1874, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow) became widely known. Pryanishnikov was the first of the painters to depict the Patriotic War as a people's war. Not the generals, but poorly dressed peasant partisans leading captured French across the snowy plain, appeared in this modest but very expressive picture as the true creators of the victory over Napoleon’s army.
Episode of the War of 1812, 1874
The severity of the historical motif did not prevent Pryanishnikov from achieving a subtle, refined coloring of the picture and conveying his admiration for the beauty of the Russian winter. In the 1880-1890s, Pryanishnikov worked on large-scale canvases that depicted the diverse masses of the people and made it possible to combine various types and characters of the Russian village in a common action: “Savior Day in the North” (1887, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow), “Common Sacrificial Cauldron in patronal holiday" (early 1890s). And next to him in his work there appeared chamber, “twilight” in mood images and plots “In the artist’s studio” (1890), “In the province” (1893). They related Pryanishnikov to the aspirations of the painters of the next, “Chekhov” generation.
Spasov Day in the North, 1887
Pryanishnikov was a participant in the association of traveling art exhibitions from its very foundation, and from the 2nd traveling exhibition he became a permanent member of the board of the association. He was a teacher at the Moscow School of Painting and Painting (1873-1894), a teacher of many subsequently famous painters - S. V. Ivanov, S. A. Korovin, M. V. Nesterov, V. K. Byalynitsky-Biruli and other artists. In 1893, Pryanishnikov was elected a full member of the Academy of Arts, but did not have time to begin teaching there. Pryanishnikov’s last painting, “The Procession,” remained unfinished due to the death of the author. Pryanishnikov Illarion Mikhailovich died on March 12, 1894 in Moscow.
Mrs. Belyustina M.G.,
Chopping, 1874
Return from the fair, 1883
Cruel Romances, 1881,
End of the hunt, 1884
Tasters, 1860s,
Walkers walking, 1870
Children fishing, 1882
On Bald Mountain, 1880s
On draft, 1881
Hunting is better than bondage, 1881-1882
Preparing a field for sowing flax in the Vologda province, 1890,
In the artist's studio, 1890
Sparrows. Guys on the fence
Amateur, 1860s
Peasant with a spear on his shoulder
"Burnt." 1871
Easter 1885
At the church.
Church warden.
At the quiet pier
Backyard.
Procession of the Cross, 1893
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Pryanishnikov Illarion Mikhailovich (1840-1894)
One of the most talented genre artists of the second half of the 19th century, I.M. Pryanishnikov reflected in his work the most important trends in the development of realistic painting, and became a prominent figure in the generation of the Wanderers.
Pryanishnikov studied at the MUZhV (1856-65) with S.K. Zaryanko, who oriented students towards a thorough and strict study of nature, but paid less attention to the figurative generalization of nature.
Pryanishnikov discovered a lot for himself on his own, paving the way for a new, realistic vision in art.
Already in the first works of the early 1860s.
(“The Peddler Boy,” “Reading a Letter in a Petty Shop”) the features of the artist’s talent were clearly revealed: observation, the ability for lively and accurate socio-psychological characteristics, rich colors of painting. And the picture he painted in his last year of study - “Jokers. Gostiny Dvor in Moscow” (1865) - immediately brought him wide fame. This small canvas provides an original solution to the theme of humiliation of human dignity, callousness and cruelty, typical of the everyday genre of the post-reform decade, in a world where everything is bought and sold. Having depicted the amusing money-bag merchants who mockingly force a poor elderly official to dance to the accordion, the artist with great authenticity demonstrated a whole gallery of examples of moral ugliness and self-satisfied rudeness.
The painting aroused the indignation of some “zealots” of official academic art, who believed that the young painter acted as a destroyer of the “high” purpose of art to express eternal truths in an ideal form.
The next stage in the development of Pryanishnikov’s creativity is associated with the paintings “Pogoreltsy” (1871), “Empty People” (1872), which were exhibited at the First Traveling Exhibition and were recognized by critics as major achievements of Russian painting.
Pryanishnikov's works of the 1870s. differed from the earlier ones in greater compositional integrity and color saturation. The landscape in these paintings turned from a conventional background into a poeticized environment, enriching the figurative structure of poignant scenes drawn by the author from folk life. The artist Illarion Pryanishnikov was born in March 1840 in the village of Timashovo (Borovsky district, Kaluga province), in the family of a merchant.
From childhood he was fond of painting and in 1852, at the age of 12, he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. But, after a year of study, due to a difficult financial situation, he was forced to leave his studies and went to work in a merchant’s shop as a “boy.” Only in 1856 Pryanishnikov managed to return to the walls of the school.
Pryanishnikov’s teachers at the Moscow School were E.S. Sorokin, A.N. Mokritsky, S.K. Zaryanko and E.Ya. Vasiliev. And it was Yegor Yakovlevich Vasiliev who ensured that the talented young artist Pryanishnikov studied for free, and in addition, he settled the student with himself.
At the school, Illarion Pryanishnikov became friends with Vasily Perov, the young people helped each other (Prianishnikov, for example, posed for Perov when creating the painting “The Arrival of the Stanovoy”), and in 1862 they spent the whole summer together in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
Two years later, in 1864, for the painting “Reading a Letter in a Petty Shop” Illarion Pryanishnikov was awarded a Small Silver Medal.
Reading a letter in a small shop And in 1865, the year of graduation from college, for the painting “Jokers. Gostiny Dvor in Moscow", the artist received a large silver medal and the title of class artist of the 3rd degree.
Jokers. Gostiny Dvor in Moscow This work brought Illarion Mikhailovich wide fame. It was decided to send “Jokers” to the International Exhibition in Vienna. However, the picture was never shown to the public in the Austrian capital. According to rumors, an order was received to remove the painting so as not to show “our ulcers to Europe.”
In 1869, Pryanishnikov most actively (became one of the founding members) participated in the creation of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions - for many years the artist did not miss a single exhibition, regularly presented his works for organizing exhibitions, and from the second exhibition of the Association he became a permanent member of the board this association of artists.
From about the second half of the sixties of the nineteenth century, for almost ten years, Pryanishnikov painted pictures about Moscow life. At that time the artist wrote:
For us, Russian genre writers, Moscow is a treasure. Here Gogol, and Ostrovsky, and Turgenev, and Tolstoy - everything is brought together; look and observe our purely Russian life.
During this period, “At the Puppet Theater”, “Kaliki Passers-by”, “The Seamstress” and many other works were written.
Kaliki walking For the paintings “Walking Walkers” and “Seamstress”, Pryanishnikov was awarded the title of artist of the 1st degree.
And from the second half of the 70s, Illarion Mikhailovich, following the trends of Russian painting of that period, moved into a “multidimensional” image, which assumed greater color saturation and compositional integrity of the plot.
The painting of that period “Empty”, which was shown to the public at the Association exhibition in 1871, was very well received by the public and critics, and brought new success to its author. Newspapers wrote that Pryanishnikov was an innovative artist who successfully combined landscape and genre motifs. “Empty” were purchased even before the opening of the exhibition and P.M. Tretyakov, who never purchased copies or repetitions for his collection, ordered a copy (repetition) from the author for his gallery.
Empty In 1874, Pryanishnikov completed the painting “In 1812” - the artist worked on this painting for almost 10 years, wrote several versions of the painting (the fourth version is now in the Tretyakov Gallery).
In 1812 Having seen this painting, Kramskoy wrote to Repin:
Pryanishnikov wrote a good thing - “Prisoned French in 1812.”
Since 1873, Illarion Pryanishnikov began teaching at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His students, at different times, were Arkhipov, Baksheev, Bogdanov-Belsky, Byalynitsky-Birulya, Zhukovsky, Ivanov, Kasatkin, Korovin, Korin, Lebedev, Malyutin, Stepanov and many others.
Pryanishnikov, permanently living in Moscow, traveled a lot and especially often went to the Russian North, with pleasure and love he painted pictures from the life of the Russian North.
In 1891, having learned that he was sick with tuberculosis, the artist settled in Crimea, but a year later he returned to Moscow and soon, in 1893, was elected a full member of the Academy of Arts. And in March 1894 the artist died. Illarion Pryanishnikov was buried in Moscow, at the cemetery of the Novo-Alekseevsky Monastery.
Paintings by artist Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov
Spasov day in the north 
Chopping 
Mrs. Belyustina M.G. 
Returning from the fair 
Cruel Romances 
End of the hunt 
Tasters 
Children fishing 
On Bald Mountain 
On traction 
Hunting is worse than bondage 
In the artist's studio 
Sparrows. Guys on the fence 
In ambush 
Amateur 
Peasant with a spear on his shoulder 
Burnt 
Easter 
At the church 
Church warden 
At the quiet pier 
Backyard 
Procession 
Name unknown 
Preparing fields for sowing flax in the Vologda province 
Tatar 
Spinner 
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Illarion Pryanishnikov is a prominent representative of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions. His entire creative life from his youth until his last day turned out to be inextricably linked with this association and its aesthetics.
Pryanishnikov was one of its founders, led its Moscow branch, was friends with many of its participants, taught with them at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, nurtured and guided a new generation of realist masters.
In his work, he continued the direction of sharp social criticism set by his senior contemporary and fellow artist Vasily Perov, developing it in line with “short stories in painting.” Pryanishnikov knew very well Russian types and customs, had gentle humor and sympathy for the common man - he himself knew poverty.
In his youth, he worked for a shopkeeper and witnessed many scenes similar to those we see in his paintings. Such, for example, are his famous “Jokers”, which brought fame and official recognition to the artist.
Each of his paintings was an apt and observational scene from life. At the same time, Pryanishnikov did not castigate vices, did not pronounce passionate but one-sided verdicts - he, while remaining faithful to the Wandering Movement, at the same time, according to Alexander Benois, “threw away all intentions to teach, tell, impose his thoughts and turned to a simple depiction of reality "
Pryanishnikov is a true Moscow artist, he wrote: “For us, Russian genre painters, Moscow is a treasure.” This is the key to understanding the works of the master, who always remained a genre painter, but brought a lot of new things into this genre, his own, typically Pryanishnikov style.
He was not Perov’s epigone and double, as many still perceive his work; his works contain more humor, air, light, and movement.
His large late canvases, “Savior’s Day in the North” (1887) and “Religious Procession” (1893), are distinguished by a special light, beautiful and restrained silver painting, where it is the color that determines the calm harmony and festivity of the mood.
It is impossible not to note Pryanishnikov’s pedagogical activity - for more than twenty years he taught at the Moscow School of Painting and Painting, where among his students were such outstanding masters of Russian art as M.V. Nesterov, S.I. Svetoslavsky, S.V. Ivanov, A.E. Arkhipov , A.S. Stepanov, V.N. Baksheev, V.K. Byalynitsky-Birulya and many others.
Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov was born on March 20 (April 1), 1840 in the village of Timoshevo, Borovsky district, Kaluga province, into a merchant family.
He studied at the Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture in 1852-1855 and 1857-1865 with E.Ya. Vasiliev, S.K. Zaryanko, E.S. Sorokin, and was awarded small and large silver medals.
In 1875-1877 he took part in the design of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. He turned to book illustration and worked in the techniques of etching and lithography.
In 1873-1894 he taught at the Moscow School of Painting and Painting. Founding member of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions (1870, member of the board of the Moscow branch of the TPHV). Full member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (since 1893).