Fyodor Mikhailovich Slavyansky (russian: Фёдор Михайлович Славянский, 1817–1876) was a Russian painter. He was born a

serf Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which developed ...

of the landlady Avdotya Nikolayevna Semenova, in the village of Vyshkovo in Tver Guberniya. He became

Venetsianov Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (russian: Алексей Гаврилович Венецианов; 18 February 1780–4 January 1847) was a Russian painter, renowned for his paintings devoted to peasant life and ordinary people. Life Alexe ...

’s student in 1839 in his estate of Safonkovo. Venetsianov did his best to buy freedom to Slavyansky. In 1840, he asked the Academy to allow his student to visit lessons in drawing. Slavyansky studied in classes of professors Varnek and Markov, and simultaneously worked with Venetsianov. In 1845, he got the title of a freelance artist.

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Olga's Gallery Slavyansky
1817 births 1876 deaths 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Russian serfs 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire {{Russia-painter-stub