Mikhail Nesterov

Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov
Portrait by Viktor Vasnetsov (1926)
Born31 May 1862
Died18 October 1942(1942-10-18) (aged 80)
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1899)
Full Member Academy of Arts (1910)
Alma materMoscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Imperial Academy of Arts
Known forPainter
MovementRussian Symbolism
Peredvizhniki
Patron(s)Savva Mamontov

Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Нестеров; 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1862 – 18 October 1942) was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia.