Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev (1811 - 1837)

Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev

Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev (Russian: Михаил Иванович Лебедев) was a Russian artist of the first half of the 19th century. He is known as a painter and draftsman, landscape painter.

Mikhail Lebedev is considered to be one of the greatest masters of the romantic landscape of his time, whose works influenced the subsequent development of plein air painting in Russia. He developed academic traditions in his work. His early works are close to landscapes of the "Venetsianov school", in his later works, written during his stay in Italy, the master sought to truthfully convey the light and air environment and the appearance of the depicted area.