Vasily Grigorevich Perov (born Vasily Grigorevich Vasiliev; 2 January 1834 (21 December 1833 Old Style) – 10 June (29 May Old Style) 1882); Russian painter and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki, a group of Russian realist painters. Born in Tobolsk as an illegitimate son of the local procurator baron Grigory Karlovich Kridener who belonged to an old Russian-German noble family tree and Akulina Ivanova, a native citizen of Tobolsk. Although the parents married soon after his birth, there was no legal way to inherit his father's name and baron title. He was written under the godfather's surname — Vasiliev. He later changed his surname to Perov — a nickname given by his teacher who taught him calligraphy as a child (the word pero means feather in Russian). After completing a course at Arzamas uezd school, he was transferred to the Alexander Stupin art school also located in Arzamas. In 1853 he was admitted to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he learned from several renowned artists. In 1856 he was awarded with a minor silver medal for his sketch of a boy's head, presented to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Later the Academy gave him many other awards: in 1857 a major silver medal for Commissary of Rural Police Investigating, a minor golden medal for the Scene on a Grave and the Son of a Dyak Promoted to First Rank, and in 1861 a major golden medal for Sermon in a Village. After receiving the right to a state-paid trip abroad together with a golden medal, in 1862 Perov went to Western Europe, visiting several German cities, and then Paris. During this time he created paintings depicting scenes from European street life, such as the Vendor of statuettes, the Savoyard, the Organ-Grinder in Paris, the Musicians and the Bystanders, and the Paris Ragpickers. Perov died in the village Kuzminki (now part of Moscow) from tuberculosis. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Perov) undefined

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