Ivan Shushkin the Most Famous Russian Painter
These are the results of a survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center.
According to a survey conducted by the RPORC in anticipation of the 200th anniversary of Ivan Aivazovsky’s birth,
the famous seascape painter turned out to be the third most well-known Russian painter.
Aivazovsky’s name, without any prompting, was said by 24% of those surveyed.
The most famous Russian painter in this survey was Ivan Shushkin, he was named by 32% of Russians.
In second place was Ilya Repin (29%).
Other painters named were Victor Vasnetsov (17%),
Ilya Glazunov and Valentin Serov (8%),
Isaac Levitan and Vasily Surikov (7%),
Kazimir Malevich (6%),
and Alexei Savrasov (4%).
Meanwhile, Russians were most impressed by the works of Aivazovsky (27%),
followed by Shushkin (26%), and Repin (16%).
34% of those surveyed had never been to a gallery or exhibition,
50% had visited a gallery or exhibition over a year ago.