Basil Baksheev

1862, Moscow - 1958, ibid. Studied at MUZHVZ at the architectural department, then in a picturesque. Makovsky, IN. Polenova A. Savrasov. Since 1896 member TPHV. Member AHRR. One of the organizers of the Society of Artists realists. Baksheev undoubtedly belongs to the constellation of great Russian landscape painters. Throughout his life he had breathed a continuous enthusiasm for nature, finding in each of its condition and the beauty of the season and a special color scheme. After the revolution he worked in the Commission for the Protection of works of art and antiquities, participated in the organization of museums in Moscow. His works are in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; SRM, St. Petersburg, Saratov Art Museum of. AN. Radishcheva; Nizhnii Tagil Museum of Fine Arts, Samara Art Museum, etc.. meetings.