Samuel Petrovich Shiflyar (1786 - 1840)

Samuel Petrovich Shiflyar

Samuel Petrovich Shiflyar (Russian: Самуил Петрович Шифляр) was a Russian artist of the first half of the 19th century. He is known as a painter, draughtsman, engraver; portraitist, battalist and illustrator.

Samuel Shiflyar is considered one of the pioneers of lithography in Russia. He used the technique of lithography to depict patterns of the Russian army and scenes of military battles. As a painter and draughtsman, he worked in battle, portrait and landscape genres.