Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (
7 [18] February 1780, Moscow —
4 [16] December 1847, Poddubye village, Tver province) was a Russian painter, master of genre scenes from peasant life, teacher, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of arts, founder of the so-called Venetian school.
Alexey Venetsianov is considered the founder of Russian genre painting. He became one of the first artists who moved away from the academic canons and traditions of art, and began to paint the everyday life of people with their everyday worries and daily work.
