Nikolai Zagorsky

Nikolai Zagorsky
Николай Загорский
Born	(1849-11-20)20 November 1849 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	30 December 1893(1893-12-30) (aged 47) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Movement	Peredvizhniki

Nikolai Petrovich Zagorsky (Russian: Николай Петрович Загорский; 20 November 1849 – 30 December 1893) was a genre painter from the Russian Empire.

Nikolai Zagorsky was born on 20 November 1849 in Saint Petersburg.^[1] His father was a landowner from the Ryazan Governorate.^[2] In 1849 Nikolai Zagorsky enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Arts and from 1875 began participating in the Academy's exhibitions.^[1] In 1891, he joined the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions (Peredvizhniki).^[1]

Zagorsky died in Saint Petersburg on 30 December 1893.^[1]

Zagorsky created mainly genre paintings, and also draw portraits. In addition, he painted for the Petersburg magazines Pchela [ru] and Sever. Zagorsky is the author of illustrations for the Big Album to the Works of A. S. Pushkin.^[1]

The artist's works are held in the collections of museums in Russia and Ukraine.^[2]