Kapiton Stepanovich Pavlov (1792 - 1842)

Kapiton Stepanovich Pavlov

Kapiton Stepanovich Pavlov (Russian: Капитон Степанович Павлов) was a Russian and Ukrainian artist of the first half of the 19th century. He is known as a painter, landscape painter, portraitist, author of genre compositions and teacher.

Kapiton Pavlov was one of the first painters in Ukraine, who depicted in his paintings real scenes from the lives of ordinary people. His portraits are characterized by poetization of the human environment. A special place in his work were children's portraits, which, according to critics, reflected the sentimental and poetic temperament of the Ukrainian soul.