Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (Ukrainian: Микола Олександрович Ярошенко, Mykola Oleksandrovych Yaroshenko; Russian: Николай Александрович Ярошенко; December 13 O.S. Dec. 1] 1846 in Poltava - July 7 O.S. June 25] 1898 in Kislovodsk) was a Russian painter of Ukrainian origin.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko was born on December 13 O.S. Dec. 1] 1846 in the city of Poltava, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) to a son of a Russian Army officer. He chose a military career, but also studied art at Kramskoi's drawing school and at the Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts.
In 1876, he became a leading member of a group of Russian painters called the Peredvizhniki. Yaroshenko retired as a Major General in 1892. He spent his later years in Kislovodsk (now Russia) where he died on July 7 O.S. June 25] 1898 and was later buried in.
Yaroshenko painted many portraits, genre paintings, and drawings. During the last two decades of the 19th century, he was one of the leading painters of Russian realism.
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