Lukian Popov

Lukian Vasilievich Popov (Russian: Лукиан Васильевич Попов; 20 October 1873 - 20 May 1914) was a genre painter in the Realistic style; associated with the Peredvizhniki. He was from the Russian Empire.

Biography He was born to a poor peasant family. In 1876, after the establishment of universal military service, his father was called up and the family moved to Orenburg, where he attended school, graduating from the in 1891.

His first artistic studies were at the Drawing School of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. From 1896 to 1902, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts with Vladimir Makovsky. Upon graduating, he qualified for a stipend that enabled him to visit Germany and France.

After the Revolution of 1905, many of his paintings were given innocuous names by the censors. "Agitator in the Village" became "By Sunset", for example. He was later offered a place to exhibit separately.

Popov died shortly after these events, but none of the available sources indicate that his death was by anything other than natural causes.

Selected paintings