Claudius Vasilievich Lebedev (1852-1916)

His vision of the country's history captured Klavdy Lebedev in household historical paintings, which he wrote over a lifetime, "Boyaryshnya out of the church" (1881), "The death of Tsar Fyodor Alexeyevich" (1897), "In mandative cabin" (1899) "To the lord of slander" (1904), "The Jester and the guslar" (1910).

Having received his art education at the Stroganov School and the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (MUZHVZ) (1875-1881), KV Lebedev has made his work and talent and popularity among fans of art, and official recognition.

He is member of the Academy of Fine Arts, he taught at the Moscow School of Painting, from 1894 - professor of full-scale class of the Academy of Fine Arts. KV Lebedev - a member of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions exhibitions and a permanent participant of this community of artists. Much of membership in the partnership "forced" to address the artist's genre scenes, "to his son" (1894), "Friends" (1907). Finally, it is known for KV Lebedev and as an illustrator of the original 1902 edition, "Royal and Imperial Hunting in Russia. Late XVII and XVIII century. N. Kutepov Historical Review." In short, the artist has worked in the arts, in full compliance with the talent given to him - an honor and praise him for it.