Artist

Konstantin Savitsky

1844–1905 · born in Taganrog · died in Penza

Konstantin Savitsky was born in Taganrog, Russia, and studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. He was a member of the Peredvizhniki, or 'Wanderers,' a group who took realistic art to ordinary people around Russia. He was known for paintings of people and animals. He died in 1905 in Penza.