Artist

Ivan Shishkin

1831–1898 · born in Yelabuga · died in Saint Petersburg

Ivan Shishkin was born in the town of Yelabuga, in Russia, and became the great poet of the Russian forest. He lived in Saint Petersburg and traveled into the countryside to sketch trees in incredible detail. His pine and birch forests are among the most loved Russian paintings. He worked up until the day he died at his easel in 1898.