Dmitri Minaevich Sinodi-Popov (

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''Дмитрий Минаевич Синоди-Попов'') (1855 – 1910) was a Russian Empire artist of Greek descent. Dmitri Sinodi-Popov was born in the city of

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, where he received a good education at home:

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and

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languages and was very good at the visual arts. In 1870, Sinodi-Popov entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, where the amateur artist acquired good practical skills, but he had to interrupt his studies because he was suffering from

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. In late 1870s, the artist returned to his home city of

, continued his art studies and painted a lot. Most of the sketches available at the Taganrog Museum of Art and Taganrog State Museum date back to late 1870s - early 1900s. Most of the visual heritage left by the artist is in the form of drawings. His portraits of local Greeks are very expressive: ''Portrait of Doctor Divaris'', ''Greek Boy'' and ''An Old Greek'' (1870). Starting from the 1880s, the artist worked in the context of

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traditions. ''The portrait of the artist Seraphima Blonskaya'' goes beyond the boundaries of its genre and transforms into a portrait-painting. The image of the young woman conveys seriousness and simplicity. Sinodi-Popov exhibited in

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and his name became well-known, bringing new orders and fans. But with his illness progressing, the artist went for medical treatment to

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and later

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, where he died.

Art of Sinodi-Popov

Image:Portrait_Blonskaya.jpg, Portrait of the Artist Seraphima Blonskaya/The Letter, 1890 from the collection of Taganrog Museum of Art {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinodi-Popov, Dmitri 1855 births 1910 deaths Artists from Taganrog People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate People from the Russian Empire of Greek descent Russian realist painters Painters from the Russian Empire