Mikhail
Ivanovich Peskov

The author of the original genre paintings Mikhail Ivanovich Peskov was born in Irkutsk. After graduating from College, which trained clerical workers, he entered the service where you'll be "power and dignity", although the service is slow. But a humble clerk had great artistic ability and, having got some experience in icon painting and drawing, and I once ventured to write oil portrait of his friend. Then came portraits of the second, third.. and in Irkutsk to M. sand comes great fame, which reached the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, and which helped to bring the talented youngster at public expense, went to St. Petersburg Academy of arts (1855). Since 1859 the student of Professor of historical painting at Markov, who often turned a blind eye to the fact that his disciples "played" sketches and paintings on everyday topics, became a permanent member of academic exhibitions. Picture Peskov "Ermak the ataman of the Volga showarrival gangs to March to Siberia" was in 1860 a large silver medal. For the painting "the Appeal of Minin Nizhny Novgorod in 1611" academics is a small gold medal and the right to write a competitive final picture for a gold medal.

The General opinion of the Academy was unanimous: M. I. Sands promises to grow into a great painter. By that time, and the conversion of the young artist to everyday topics: this is his sketch of the "Officers ' feast" (1862), a painting of "the Exiles", "Carriage class III", "Shepherd dog", etc. In 1863 M. I. Peskov involved in the "Revolt of fourteen", ended in the output of graduates from the Academy and the organization of their Artistic cooperative. Unfortunately, M. I. Peskov gets sick with an acute form of tuberculosis. The money the Farm the artist is going to Crimea continues to paint, but the days of stay of the painter in this world are numbered. A talented artist and beautiful person has left M. I. Sands in memory of all who knew him.