What is Mikhail Nesterov?
{{Infobox Artist | name = Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov<br>Михаил Васильевич Нестеров | image = Mikhail Nesterov.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Mikhail Nesterov during the 1900s | birth_name = | birth_date = {{OldStyleDate|May 31|1862|May 19}} | birth_place = [[Ufa]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1942|10|18|1862|05|31}} | death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]] | field = [[Painting]], [[drawing]] | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = }} '''Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov''' ({{lang-ru|Михаи́л Васи́льевич Не́стеров}}) ({{OldStyleDate|May 31|1862|May 19}}, [[Ufa]] – 18 October 1942, [[Moscow]]) was a Russian painter. He was a very important painter for religious [[Symbolism (art)|symbolism]] in [[Russia]]n art. He studied under [[Pavel Tchistyakov]] at the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]]. Later, he felt attracted to the group of artists known as the [[Peredvizhniki]]. His canvas ''The Vision of the Youth Bartholomew'' (1890–91) is often considered to mark the inauguration of the [[Russian Symbolism|Russian Symbolist]] movement. This painting shows the conversion of [[Sergii Radonezhsky]]. 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 rest of his life in [[Moscow]], working in the [[Marfo-Mariinsky Convent]]. As a devout [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox Christian]], he did not accept the [[Bolshevik Revolution]] but remained in Russia until his death, painting the portraits of [[Ivan Ilyin]], [[Ivan Pavlov]], [[Otto Schmidt]], and [[Vera Mukhina]], among others. [[File:Mikhail Nesterov 001.jpg|thumb|left|''The Vision of the Youth Bartholomew'' (1890)]] ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Mikhail Nesterov}} *[http://hronos.km.ru/biograf/nesterov.html Detailed biography (in Russian)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030612213007/h