Austrian, Active 1500-29   Related Paintings of Maler, Hans :. | St Peter's, Rome | Crowning of the Hero | Portrait of Abbot Christiaan de Hondt | Portrat af en soldat | St Stephen is Born and Replaced by Another Child (detail) sf |
Related Artists:
Alfred de breanski
1852-1928
Wilhem Drost
painted Portrait of a man in 1653 or 1655
Grigoriy Soroka
(Russian, real surname Vasilyev. November 27 [O.S. November 15] 1823-April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1864) was a Russian painter, one of the most notable members of Venetsianov school. Soroka was born in Pokrovskoye village (Tver Guberniya), in the family of landowner Milyukov. In 1842-1847 he studied art from Alexey Venetsianov then he was returned to his owner. In 1850s-1860s he resided in his home village. He fell in love with his owners's daughter Lydia but was forcibly married to a serf woman. After the emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, Soroka remained under the serfdom system. He made a formal complaint but it was rejected and he was flogged. Soroka's body was found in the baking room where he had hanged himself. His beloved Lydia poisoned herself soon after.