person
Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov
Savrasov
also: Саврасов, Mr. Savrasov
Russian landscape painter (1830-1897), a founding member of the Peredvizhniki (Wanderers) best known for "The Rooks Have Come Back" (1871); Chekhov, in this letter, hopes to acquire a picture by him but insists it be that specific painting rather than any substitute.
Reading notes
- To I. K. Kondratyev, 21 October 1887. Moscow. §5 Mr. Savrasov
Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov, the landscape painter and founding member of the Peredvizhniki (Wanderers) best known for "The Rooks Have Come Back" (1871).