About Ivan Seleznyov
Lived 1856 – 1936 (aged 80). Ivan Seleznyov was a Russian painter.
Ivan Fyodorovich Seleznyov (; 3 January 1856 – 31 March 1936) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art teacher, known mostly for his historical paintings.
Biography He was born to a peasant family that originally came from Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire. From 1872 to 1881, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts with Pavel Chistyakov. While there, he was awarded two silver medals (1877, 1878) and one gold medal (1880), for his painting of Jacob recognizing Joseph's clothes.
Upon graduating, he received the title of "Artist" first degree for his painting of Saint Sergius blessing Dmitri Donskoy. (1886)
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Who was Ivan Seleznyov?
Russian painter (1856-1936)
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Ivan Seleznyov was born on 3 January 1856 in Kyiv.
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Ivan Seleznyov died on 31 March 1936 in Kyiv.
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Ivan Seleznyov was a painter.
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Ivan Seleznyov was Russian.
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