Joseph P. Volkov (1850-1897)

The life and work of Joseph Petrovich Volkov little is known.

He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (Moscow School of Painting) in 1870. Among his teachers was VG Perov . There is no doubt that the painter was well acquainted with the great Russian landscape painter, teacher and man MUZHVZ dramatic destiny AK Savrasov .

 The artist wrote household composition and landscapes: "The Bells driven", "Chichikov with Elijah," "At the watering," "Evening in the village." Apparently, he made ​​a trip to the Holy Land, known for his paintings "Kedronsy stream. Jerusalem" and "Tomb of Joachim and Anna. Jerusalem." Two portraits of IP Volkov wrote a famous painter of domestic SA Korovin . One of them - "Portrait of the artist in a working blouse" - is in the Tretyakov Gallery.