Pavel Sorokin
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Pavel Semenovich Sorokin (1836/39 - 1886) was a Russia
n painter of religious themes. He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts
in Saint Petersburg
and died in Moscow
.
Sorokin was the brother of artists Evgraf
and Vasili Sorokin
.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n painter of religious themes. He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, was founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great renamed it the Imperial Academy of Arts and commissioned a new building, completed 25 years later in 1789...
in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
and died in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
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Sorokin was the brother of artists Evgraf
Evgraf Sorokin
Evgraf Semenovich Sorokin was a Russian genre painter. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg and later worked in Paris, where he painted for the Russian Church. He would sometimes sign his works using the Latin alphabet. He died in Moscow.Sorokin was the brother of...
and Vasili Sorokin
Vasili Sorokin
Vasili Semenovich Sorokin was a Russian mosaics artist. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg; among his works are mosaics for the Church of St. Isaac in Moscow.Sorokin was the brother of painters Pavel and Evgraf Sorokin....
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Reference
- John Milner. A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists, 1420 - 1970. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Antique Collectors' Club, 1993