Michail Vrubel

(1856–1910) rysk konstnär

Michail Vrubel (1856–1910) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a printmaker, and a ceramicist. By year of birth, Michail Vrubel belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Michail Vrubel was born in Omsk and died in Saint Petersburg. Michail Vrubel trained at Imperial St. Petersburg University and Imperial Academy of Arts. Michail Vrubel studied under Luigi Iorini. Wikidata associates Michail Vrubel with Symbolism. Michail Vrubel became a member of Imperial Russian Archaeological Society.

The best-known works include ‘Bogatyr’, ‘The Flying Demon’, and ‘Portrait of a Businessman K. Artsybushev’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 27 works by Michail Vrubel with free images. The dated works span the years 1878–1906. Works by Michail Vrubel are held by several collections, among them Tretyakov Gallery, Tretjakovgalleriet, Ryska museet, and Kiev National Picture Gallery.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma, Charles Maurin, Hermann Vogel, Friedrich Kallmorgen, and Gerard Jozef Portielje.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• The Demon Seated
• The Swan Princess
• The Mother of God with the child (Vrubel)
• The Demon Downcast
• Pan