Mikhail Vrubel is a Russian artist who is called a genius. His art is so peculiar, perfect and unique that it cannot become obsolete even today. Like a hundred years ago, it causes the same admiration of some viewers and misunderstanding of others.
early years
Mikhail Vrubel was born in 1856 in Omsk, in the family of an officer and military lawyer. Then no one imagined that he would become a brilliant artist. In all the cities where his family moved - Petersburg, Astrakhan, Saratov, Odessa - he studied well, was fond of science, history, theater, music, literature, drawing. In his youth, he himself did not realize his purpose.
At the insistence of his father, Mikhail after graduating from high school entered the law faculty of St. Petersburg University, graduated with a gold medal, served military service and even worked a little in his specialty. Only at the age of 24 he entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts as a volunteer and since then has devoted his life exclusively to painting.
The father, not understanding Mikhail's hobbies, nevertheless resigned himself to the choice of his son. The stepmother, who replaced the dead mother when Vrubel was barely three years old, was a pianist. She understood and supported him.
Vrubel was lucky to learn painting from the best teacher of the Academy of that time, Pavel Chistyakov and to be friends with the most talented artists - Konstantin Korovin and Valentin Serov. Despite the different characters, styles and manner of working, they recognized the unconditional superiority of Michael. They never envied and contributed to his recognition.
