Pyotr Basin

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Pyotr Vasilievich Basin (Russian: Пётр Васи́льевич Ба́син; 1793, Saint Petersburg – 1877, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian religious, history and portrait painter during the Romantic period. He also served as a Professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Beginning in 1811, he audited classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts. In 1813, he was admitted as a student of Vasily Shebuyev. After graduating, he spent the next eleven years in Rome on a fellowship, which he was given for his painting of Christ driving the money changers from the Temple. While there, he copied the works of Raphael and created almost 100 paintings of his own, many on mythological subjects. He also created genre scenes, from the countryside, and portraits, including one of the painter, Sylvester Shchedrin. Upon his return to Saint Petersburg in 1830, having been recalled by Tsar Nicholas I to work on a project, he was made an Academician for his portrayal of Socrates saving Alcibiades (1828). The painting itself required some saving, as the ship carrying it from Rome was wrecked, causing water damage, and it had to be reconstructed on its arrival. After that, he began teaching and was appointed a Professor in 1836, a position he held until 1869 when he became a Professor Emeritus and State Councilor.