Sorokin Evgraf Semenovich

Evgraf Semyonovich Sorokin was a Russian artist and educator, a master of historical, religious, and genre painting. He studied under a Yaroslavl icon painter before entering the Academy of Arts in 1841. In 1849, he was awarded the Grand Gold Medal for his painting "Yan Usmovets Stops an Enraged Bull." He traveled to Europe, Syria, and Egypt as a scholarship recipient. He was named an Academician for his painting "The Annunciation," created in Rome. In 1859, he began teaching at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He supervised the mural paintings in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, for which he was awarded the title of professor in 1878.