Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (May 19, 1862, Ufa - October 18, 1942, Moscow) was a leading representative of religious Symbolism in Russian art. He studied under Pavel Tchistyakov at the Imperial Academy of Arts, then later allied himself with the group of artists known as the Peredvizhniki. His canvas The Vision of the Youth Bartholomew (1890-91), depicting the conversion of Sergii Radonezhsky, is often considered to mark the inauguration of the Russian Symbolist movement. From 1890 to 1910, Nesterov lived in Kiev and St Petersburg, working on frescoes in St. Vladimir's Cathedral and the Church on Spilt Blood, respectively. After 1910, he spent the remainder of his life in Moscow, working in the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent and painting portraits.

Image:Mikhail Nesterov Portrait of Apollinary Vasnetsov..jpg|Portrait of Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1890 Image:Demetrius.jpg|Saint Tsarevich Demetrius 1899 Image:Nesterov Florensky Bulgakov.jpg|Philosophers (Pavel Florensky and Sergei Bulgakov) 1917

External links

• Detailed biography (in Russian)
• Online Nesterov gallery (in English)

1862 births | 1942 deaths | Russian painters | Symbolist painters

Michail Nesterov | Нестеров, Михаил Васильевич | Michail Wassiljewitsch Nesterow