Adrian Volkov
Russian genre painter
Adrian Markovich Volkov (Russian: Адриа́н Ма́ркович Во́лков; 19 August 1827 – 1 February 1873) was a Russian painter, active in St. Petersburg during Tsar Alexander II's reign, best known for his genre pictures.
Biography
Adrian Volkov was born on 19 August 1827, in Chmutovo, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.
The artist studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts and was a pupil of Professor Fyodor Bruni.
He died on 1 February 1873, in Saint Petersburg.
Awards
In 1858, Volkov received the title of class artist and was awarded a small gold medal of the Academy of Arts for his painting The Obzhorny Ryad in Saint Petersburg. In 1860, he was also awarded a gold medal of the academy for his work The Interrupted Betrothal.
Gallery
References
Further reading
Tarasov, Lev M. (1958). "Адриан Маркович Волков". In Leonov, Alexei I. (ed.).
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