Ivan Seleznyov

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Ivan Fyodorovich Seleznyov (Russian: Иван Федорович Селезнёв; 3 January 1856 – 31 March 1936) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art teacher, known mostly for his historical paintings. He was born to a peasant family that originally came from Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire. From 1872 to 1881, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts with Pavel Chistyakov. While there, he was awarded two silver medals (1877, 1878) and one gold medal (1880), for his painting of Jacob recognizing Joseph's clothes. Upon graduating, he received the title of "Artist" first degree for his painting of Saint Sergius blessing Dmitri Donskoy. The following year, his depiction of Prince Dmitriy Yurievich Krasny, the youngest son of Yury of Zvenigorod, won him a stipend to study in Rome. He was there from 1883 to 1886. From 1886 to 1890, he taught at the Kiev Drawing School, operated by Nikolay Murashko. From 1898 to 1920, he gave classes at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. After 1901, he also taught at the newly established Kiev Art College and served as Director there from 1911 to 1914.