Arkady Alexandrovich Rylov (; – 22 June 1939) was a Russian and

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Biography

Rylov was born in the village of Istobensk, in the

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of the

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(present-day

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). He was brought into the family of his stepfather, a notary (Rylov's father had a psychiatric illness). He moved to

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and studied at the Technical Design School of Baron Schtiglitz (1888–1891), then at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Arkhip Kuindzhi (1894–1897). Rylov was a member of the

Mir iskusstva ''Mir iskusstva'' ( rus, «Мир искусства», p=ˈmʲir ɪˈskustvə, ''World of Art'') was both a Russian magazine and the artistic movement it fostered, playing a significant role in shaping the Russian avant-garde. The movement was d ...

movement and its spin-off Union of Russian Artists, and also a member of the

Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia The Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (, ''Assotsiatsia khudozhnikov revolutsionnoi Rossii'', 1922–1928), later known as Association of Artists of the Revolution (Ассоциация художников революции, ''Assots ...

. He was a chairman of the ''Kuindzhi Society''. He started as a historical painter (his graduation work in the Imperial Academy of Arts was ''Assault of Pechenegs on a

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village'') but became a predominantly landscape painter, though many of his paintings have some allusions with Russian history. Many of his landscapes painted after the

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were seen as symbols of revolutionary freedom. At that time he also painted some typical Socialist Realism compositions like ''

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in Razliv''. He taught in the Academy of Arts. In his studio he created what could almost be described as a small nature reserve, with squirrels, rabbits, a monkey named Manka, many wild birds (without cages) and two anthills. According to

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wild animals and birds loved Rylov and often came to his studio.

Notable works

Rylov's most renowned works are the ''Green Noise'' of 1904 showing a spring landscape with some early Slavic ships on the background and ''In the Blue Expanse'' of 1918 showing wild geese flying in the sky over a sea with some sailing ship in the bottom. Rylov Green Noise.jpg, ''The Green Noise'', 1904 RylovAA VLesu115x138 KIR.jpg, ''In the forest'', 1905 Rylov River.jpg, ''Thundering River'', 1917 Rylov Sunset 1917.jpg, ''

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'', 1917 Rylov Rowan.jpg, ''Wild Rowan'' (Polevaya Ryabinka), 1922

References

Rylov at Virtual Museum Canada

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Biography

Notable works

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