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Mikhail Vrubel

1856 - 1910

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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Вру́бель; March 17, [O.S. March 5] 1856 – April 14, [O.S. April 1] 1910) was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. A prolific and innovative master in various media such as painting, drawing, decorative sculpture, and theatrical art, Vrubel is generally characterized as one of the most important artists in Russian symbolist tradition and a pioneering figure of Modernist art. In a 1990 biography of Vrubel, the Soviet art historian Nina Dmitrieva considered his life and art as a three-act drama with prologue and epilogue, while the transition between acts was rapid and unexpected. The "Prologue" refers to his earlier years of studying and choosing a career path. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Vrubel is the 448th most popular painter (down from 428th in 2019), the 408th most popular biography from Russia (up from 419th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Painter.

Mikhail Vrubel is most famous for his painting "The Last Day of Pompeii," which depicts the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The painting is currently on display at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Among painters, Mikhail Vrubel ranks 448 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Sigmar Polke, Hubert Robert, Piero Manzoni, Lucian Freud, and Jean-Étienne Liotard. After him are Giovanni Battista Moroni, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Theophanes the Greek, Cima da Conegliano, Arkhip Kuindzhi, and Ary Scheffer.

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Among people born in 1856, Mikhail Vrubel ranks 33. Before him are Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, H. Rider Haggard, John Singer Sargent, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Jean Moréas, and Louis Franchet d'Espèrey. After him are Pedro Lascuráin, Sergei Taneyev, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Hara Takashi, William Wallace Denslow, and Maurice Sarrail. Among people deceased in 1910, Mikhail Vrubel ranks 32. Before him are Stanislao Cannizzaro, William Huggins, William Holman Hunt, Alexander Agassiz, Jean Moréas, and Albert Anker. After him are Arkhip Kuindzhi, Karl Lueger, Auguste Charlois, John La Farge, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, and Andreas Achenbach.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Vrubel ranks 408 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), Lydia Litvyak (1921), Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), and Viktor Kulikov (1921). After him are Ivan Serov (1905), Alexander Yegorov (1883), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), Alexey Ekimov (1945), and Alexander Griboyedov (1795).

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Among PAINTERS In Russia

Among painters born in Russia, Mikhail Vrubel ranks 14. Before him are Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Vasily Vereshchagin (1842), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), Vasily Perov (1834), Lovis Corinth (1858), and Karl Bryullov (1799). After him are Lyubov Popova (1889), Valentin Serov (1865), Ivan Bilibin (1876), Vasily Surikov (1848), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), and Martiros Saryan (1880).

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