Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (Russian: Абра́м Ефи́мович Архи́пов) (1862-1930) was a Russian realist artist. His work often featured women working in often harsh conditions. Arkhipov was born a poor peasant.
He showed an aptitude for art at a young age and his family scraped together the means to send the budding artist to the School of Art, Sculpture and Architecture in Moscow.
While at school, Arkhipov won many prizes for his works.
He was a member of the Peredvizhniki (Wanderers) Society, the Union of Russian Artists and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. Abram Arkhipov was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the USSR.
Landscape painting of life in a northern Russian village as depicted by the famous Russian painter Abram Arkipov (1862-1930). Arkipov often depicted how difficult life was for Russian woman and this painting is no exception. Here we see three women…
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Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (1862-1930) was a Russian realist painter who often depicted the harshness of Russian life for women. In The Washer Women he depicted the harsh reality for peasant women working together to clean the village’s laundry. Arkhipov painted…
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Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (1862-1930) was a Russian realist painter who often depicted the harshness of Russian life for women. In The Washer Women he depicted the harsh reality for peasant women who often worked together to clean the village’s laundry….
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Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (1862-1930) was a Russian realist painter who often depicted the harshness of Russian life for women. In On The Volga he commemorates his own trip on the Volga with school friends the year before. This painting was…
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