Ernst-Johann Nicholas Ernestovich Lissner (1874–1941) was a Russian painter and graphic artist, owner of a private art studio and the printing press "E. Lissner and J. Roman" in

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. He is best known by a series of historical paintings and lithographs devoted to the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) and the

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Life and career

Lissner was born in the family of the merchant Ernest-Konstantin Antonovich Lissner (1837 – after 1897), who came from the Russified Austrian nobility. His father owned a well-known printing house on the

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, in which prestigious orders were executed. Between 1900 to 1908 he studied at the

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in Saint Petersburg. His graduate work was a painting named ''Greetings to you, heroes of labor.'' From 1909 he participated in Art exhibitions, being an exhibitor and member of various associations of visual artists and art societies, such as the '' Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions,'' the ''Society of Artists Free Arts'' (1911–1918), and others. After the

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of 1917 and the

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, Lissner continued to work as painter, and also actively took part in the turbulent social and artistic life of the first decade of the

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. In the 1920s he became a member of Moscow groups and associations of soviet artists, such as ''Art to working people'' (1925–1928), ''Wing'' (1926–1928), and the ''Repin Society of painters'' (1924–1929).

Works

*''The beginning of a battle between the Bolotnikov army and Tsarist troops in Lower Kotlov near Moscow'' *''Battle of the Nikitsky Gate in October 1917'' *''The expulsion of Polish invaders from the Kremlin, Moscow'' *''The uprising in Moscow in 1648''

Gallery

File:Lissner TroiceSergievaLavr.jpg, alt=, ''Trinity-Sergius Lavra'' -

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blessing

Dmitri Donskoi Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy ( rus, Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й, Dmítriy Ivanovich Donskóy, also known as Dimitrii or Demetrius), or Dmitry of the Don, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitry (12 October 1350 – 1 ...

before the

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. File:Bolotnikov.jpg, alt=, ''Bolotnikov's Battle with the Tsar's Army at Nizhniye Kotly Near Moscow'' File:Lissner.jpg, alt=, The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612. File:Copper Riot - Ernest Lissner.jpg,

Copper Riot The Copper Coin Riot, also known as the Moscow Uprising of 1662 (russian: Медный бунт, Московское восстание 1662 года) was a major riot in Moscow, which took place on . Background The riot was preceded by a gradu ...

of 1662. Painted in 1938 File:Assault of Veprik.jpg,

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in 1709

References

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History
''section.'' 1874 births 1941 deaths Russian romantic painters 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters 20th-century Russian male artists {{Russia-painter-stub