Mikhail Vrubel (Omsk 1856 - St. Petersburg, 1910) was a Russian symbolist painter. Belonging to a military family, he graduated in law at St Petersburg 1880. In 1881 he attended the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, there was as a teacher Pavel Chistyakova. After some years he lived in poverty in 1884, he was given the task of restoration of the mosaics dating from the twelfth century in the church of S. Cyril in Kiev, before starting this difficult work Vrubel he went to Venice to study the art of the Christian Middle Ages, and in Venice he met the Russian painter and appreciated the art of painting by Giovanni Bellini and created several works which, however, were almost all lost . In 1887 in Kiev presented his art projects to decorate the Cathedral of St. Vladimir newly built, but the jury rejected the proposal of Vrubel but allowed him to paint the side panels of the church. He moved to Moscow, he worked at the studio of the painter Konstantin Korovin, and through the knowledge of Sammontov Savva, entered the circle of Abramtsevo, always on the estate north of Moscow, he worked in a ceramics shop, here he created many of his masterpieces inspired mainly to fairy tales and his wife (whose face often appears in ceramics) Nadezda Zabel. Also during this period he devoted himself to the creation of the illustrations of important books such as Hamlet , Demon and Anna Karenina. Still held several jobs, including some panels are mentioned including Venice and Spain . Around 1900 he realized his paintings più famosi come Pan (1899), La principessa cigno e Lillà (1902). Nel 1905 dipinse i mosaici all'interno dell'hotel "Metropol" di Mosca. Vrubel, considerato da alcuni fra i migliori pittori operanti tra la fine dell'Ottocento e l'inizio del Novecento, fu certamente il massimo esponente del simbolismo russo, destinato ad influenzare anche alcuni pittori importanti del XX secolo. Ecco infine un elenco delle sue opere più famose.
After the Concert: Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela Vrubel (1905).
Angel with a Censer and a Candle (1887).
The Bogatyr. Hero (1898).
Courtyard in Winter (1903-1904).
The Demon (1902).
Demon and Angel with Tamara's Soul (1891).
The Demon Fallen.
The Demon in Flight (1899).
Demon Overthrown.
The Demon Seated (1890).
The Demon Seated. Sketch (1890).
Flowers in a Blue Vase (1886-1887).
Flying Demon.
The Fortune-Teller (1895).
A Girl against a Persian Carpet (1886).
Guido.
Hamlet and Ophelia (1883).
Head of Demon (1890-91).
Italian Night (1891).
Lady in a Violet Dress (1901).
Lamentation.
The Legs and Scull (1895-1896).
Lilacs (1900).
A Man in a Russian Old-Style Costume (1886).
Morning.
Nadezhda Zabela Vrubel as Princess Volkhova (1898).
At Nightfall (1900).
A Night in Naples (1891).
Orchid (1886-1887).
The Oriental Tale (1886).
Pan (1899).
The Parting of Sea King and Princess Volhova (1898).
Pearl Oyster (1904).
Pietà (1887).
Portrait of a Businessman K. Artsybushev (1895-1896).
Portrait of an Officer (1889).
Portrait of Artsybusheva (1897).
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela Vrubel (1898).
Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela Vrubel (1904).
Portrait of Pyotr Konchalowsky.
Portrait of Savva Mamontov (1897).
Portrait of Savva Vrubel (1902).
Prophet (1898).
Red Flowers and leaves of Begonia in a Basket (1886-1889).
Rose (1904).
Roses and Orchids.
Sappho (1880).
The Sea Princess.
Self-Portrait (1882).
Self-Portrait (1905).
The Seraphim (1904).
Sitter in the Renaissance Setting (1883).
Six Winged Seraph (1906).
Snow Maiden (1890).
Spain (1894).
The Swann Princess (1900).
Tamara and the Demon (1890-1891).
Tamara's Dance (1890-1891).
The Thirty-Three Bogatyrs (1901).
Venice (1893).
The Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel (1906).
Walking on water.
Water-Lilies (1890).
White Iris (1886-1887).
Yellow Roses.
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