Artist

Ivan Kramskoi

1837–1887 · born in Ostrogozhsk · died in Saint Petersburg

Ivan Kramskoi was born in Ostrogozhsk, Russia, and worked in Saint Petersburg. He was a leader of the Wanderers, artists who rebelled against stuffy academic rules. He painted deeply felt portraits of writers, scholars and ordinary people. He also wrote and taught about art, and he inspired a generation of Russian painters.