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Kramskoy Ivan Nikolaevich.
According to historians and critics, Kramskoy, was famous for his portraits.
Painting by Kramskoy“Portrait of I. Shishkin” According to historians and critics, Kramskoy, was famous for his portraits.
The singer of the Russian heroic nature Kramskoy portrayed in his favorite and familiar surroundings- in the landscape.
Kramskoy respected Shishkin, valued his talent and recognized his work,
we can say that for Kramskoy, Shishkin was a friend.
Kramskoy created many beautiful portraits,
the models for which were as famous cultural figures, officials and rulers of Russia, beautiful strangers, and ordinary.
Kramskoy was one of the few who admiring the paintings of Vereshchagin,
called the author“the great Russian”, raising the Russian spirit and forcing the hearts to beat proudly.
Kramskoy, while creating a portrait, did not suspect
that he would be able to accurately convey Shishkin's inner world, that we would penetrate with love and remember what his paintings were.