Aleksey Mikhailovich Korin (Russian: Алексей Михайлович Корин; 16 March 1865,

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- 13 February 1923, Marino,

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) was a Russian

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painter. He was a member of the

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and a professor at the

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Biography

He was born into a peasant family of

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@ ArtRu. His father, Nikolai, was well-known locally for his miniatures. Despite this, Aleksey was not encouraged to pursue formal art studies. His first basic lessons came from his uncle, Dmitry Korin, the father of

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. From 1875 to 1876, he was apprenticed to the icon painting workshop at the

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. From 1876 to 1877, contrary to his father's wishes, he went to enroll at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1884, where he studied with

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and

Vasily Polenov Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (; 1 June 1844 – 18 July 1927) was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. His contemporaries would call him the “Knight of Beauty” as he embodied both European a ...

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@ the Plyos website. He graduated in 1889, receiving a silver medal and the title of "Artist". That same year, he joined a group of painters led by

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who painted en plein aire in the vicinity of Plyos. In 1890, 1891 and 1892, he won awards from the Moscow Society of Art Lovers. His painting, "The Sick Artist" was acquired by

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and he became a member of the Peredvizhniki in 1894. From 1894 to 1917, he was a professor at his alma mater. After 1900, he spent the summer months at a small village in Tver Governorate and began teaching at the Stroganov School for Technical Drawing. He also participated in organizing the art department at the . In 1901, he was awarded the

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, followed by the Order of St. Anna in 1909. From 1911 to 1912, he painted murals at the

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, and helped restore the iconography at his former place of apprenticeship, the Trinity Lavra. After the

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, he left Moscow and settled in Marino, where he opened a workshop. He participated in the 2nd and 3rd National Exhibitions of Painting in 1919 (Moscow) and 1920 (

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). He died at home after a long illness.

Selected paintings

File:Корин Возле церкви.jpg, Near the Church File:Корин Пастушки 1894.jpg, The Herdsmen File:Корин - Опять провалился, 1891.jpg, Failed Again! File:Корин Окно 1912.jpg, The Window

References

External links

ArtNet:More works by Korin.

An appreciation of Korin
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Biography

Selected paintings

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