Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (6 (19) may 1862, Ufa – 18 October 1942, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet artist, iconographer, portrait painter, member of the Association of traveling exhibitions and the World of art. Academician of painting (1898). Honored artist of the RSFSR (1942). Winner of the Stalin prize of the first degree (1941). According to legend, at the end of his life, Nesterov refused to paint a portrait of Stalin, although the leader twice offered him this job. Nesterov replied: "I like your face less and less."
Features of the artist Mikhail Nesterov: The artist tried to avoid depicting violent passions. He said that he was most interested in "a quiet landscape and a person living an inner life."
