First Snow. Study. 1891. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Russia.
Vasiliy Dmitrievich Polenov was born into a noble and intelligent family; his father was a high-ranking military officer and archeologist. His mother was fond of fine arts and was an amateur painter. Their son inherited the talents of both parents – love for science and for art.
The artist also created a series of canvases devoted to Jesus Christ. He visited Palestine twice, studied the landscape, architecture, people of the land. During 1888-1909 he created dozens of works devoted to Christ: Christ and Woman Taken in Adultery (1886-1887), On the Genisaret (Tiberias) Lake (1886). His manner of depicting Christ was new, and his compositions, though academic, were rather realistic.
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