Mikhail Nesterov

Rođenje: 31. svibnja 1862., Ufa, Rusija
Preminuo: 18. listopada 1942., Moskva, Rusija
Razdoblja: Simbolizam, Realizam, Impresionizam, Postimpresionizam, Secesija, Russian symbolism
Supruge: Ekaterina Vasilyeva (vj. 1902.), Maria Martynovskaya (vj. 1885.–1886.)
Roditelji: Maria Nesterova, Vasily Nesterov
Obrazovanje: Imperial Academy of Arts, Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture


Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Не́стеров; May 31 [O.S. May 19] 1862, Ufa – 18 October 1942, Moscow) was a leading representative of religious Symbolism in Russian art. He studied under Pavel Tchistyakov at the Imperial Academy of Arts, but later allied himself with the group of artists known as the Peredvizhniki. His canvas The Vision of the Youth Bartholomew (1890–91), depicting the conversion of medieval Russian saint Sergii Radonezhsky, is often considered to mark the inauguration of the Russian Symbolist movement.

From 1890 to 1910, Nesterov lived in Kiev and St Petersburg, working on frescoes in St. Vladimir's Cathedral and the Church on Spilt Blood, respectively. After 1910, he spent the remainder of his life in Moscow, working in the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent. As a devout Orthodox Christian, he did not accept the Bolshevik Revolution but remained in Russia until his death, painting the portraits of Ivan Ilyin, Ivan Pavlov, Ksenia Derzhinskaia[1], Otto Schmidt, and Vera Mukhina, among others.


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