Viktor Vasnetsov

Viktor Vasnetsov (15 May 1848 - 23 July 1926) was a Russian artist. Themes of his paintings are dedicated to Slavic myths and fairy tales or legends.

Viktor Vasnetsov
Self-portrait 1873
Born	15 May 1848 Lopyal, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	== Viktor Vasnetsov Media == Portrait of Vasnetsov by Sergey Malyutin, 1915 Acrobats. Festival in a Paris suburb (c. 1876 – 1877) After Igor Svyatoslavich's fighting with the Cumans (1880) The Frog Princess (1918) The Sleeping Queen (1926) Gamayun the prophetic bird (1898) Baptism of Rus' (between 1885 and 1896) Bogatyrs (1898) 23 July 1926(1926-07-23) (aged 78) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Field	Painting
Training	Imperial Academy of Arts
Movement	Symbolism; History painting, Peredvizhniki
Works	A Knight at the Crossroads, Bogatyrs
Patrons	Pavel Tretyakov, Savva Mamontov

Portrait of Ivan the Terrible

Portrait of Ivan The Terrible

In 1897, Vasnetsov painted a posthumous portrait of Ivan the Terrible.

The Flying Carpet

The Flying Carpet

In 1880, Vasnetsov painted "The Flying Carpet" with Russian Folklore Ivan Tsarevish Riding it.