Gavriil Nikitich Gorelov (1880 - 1966)
Gavriil Nikitich Gorelov
Gavriil Nikitich Gorelov (Russian: Гавриил Никитич Горелов) was a Russian and Soviet artist of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist and teacher.
Gavriil Gorelov studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts under Ilya Repin and Franz Roubaud. He created historical canvases, genre paintings and portraits. During a study trip to Italy, he painted "Orgy in the apartments of Alexander VI Borgia". Returning to Russia, the artist became a member of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions. Among his famous works are "Pugachev's Trial of a Landowner", "Pugachev's Execution", "Bolotnikov's Revolt", "Minin's First Appeal to the People", "Dogs-Knights". He also participated in the creation of the panorama "The Storming of Perekop".
| Date and place of birt: | 22 march 1880, Покровское, Russia |
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| Date and place of death: | 16 august 1966, Moscow, USSR |
| Nationality: | Russia, USSR, Russian Empire |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Educator, Genre painter, Graphic artist, Painter, Portraitist |
| Art school / group: | Itinerants |
| Genre: | Genre art, History painting, Portrait |
| Art style: | Realism, Socialist realism, Contemporary art |
