Pyotr Sokolov (portraitist)

Pyotr Sokolov
Пётр Соколов
Portrait by Vasily Tropinin (1833)
Born1791
Died3 August 1848(1848-08-03) (aged 56–57)
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1839)
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1810)
Known forPainting
StyleAcademism

Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov (Russian: Пётр Фёдорович Сóколов; 1791 – 15 August [O.S. 3 August] 1848) was a Russian aquarelle portraitist who painted many of the most distinguished figures of the Pushkin era.[1] He was the father of the painters Pyotr Sokolov, Pavel Sokolov and Alexander Sokolov.

  1. ^ Biographical article in Russian "П.Ф.Соколов (1791–1848)" 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2008.