Raev Vasily Egorovich

(1807 - 1870). Born in Kholmsk district, Pskov province, was a serf of Count Kushelev man who later released on the will. Art education began in Arzamas Drawing School A. Stupina and continued at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1837, Mr.. traveled to the Caucasus and in the Nizhny Tagil plants; from this last trip brought pictures of localities in the Urals and the Altai. In 1840, Mr.. received from the Academy of the title neklassnogo artist. In 1842, Mr.. traveled to foreign lands. In Rome, besides classes in painting, he studied in 1847 - 1848 years of mosaic production. Called on the occasion of political turmoil in Italy, in 1849. in St. Petersburg, Raev for work on the various genera of painting, was recognized (1851) Academician. For two years he served in St. Petersburg mosaic institution, and in 1854, Mr.. again went abroad. In the last years of his life engaged in painting in the Byzantine style, which, among other things, painted the cathedral in the house of Mr.. Soldatenkova. From the pictures P. better known: "View of Rome from Monte Mario" (1845), . Vision of the Blessed Alipiy, . iconographer Crypt "(1848) - both in the Russian Museum of Alexander III, . "Rome in the evening type" (in the Tretyakov Gallery, . in Moscow) and a few landscapes (in the Moscow Public Museum).,