Zotov Alexander Alexandrovich

Zotov Alexander Alexandrovich - Russian salon romantic painter of the middle of the nineteenth century. He studied as a free student at the Academy of Arts. In 1856 he was awarded the title of non-class artist in historical and portrait painting. Known for the painting "Pimen and False Demetrius", exhibited at the academic exhibition in 1859 and was the first of the paintings on this subject. Fame was brought by sentimental romantic landscapes, which he often revived with animals. Many of the artist′s paintings were reproduced on postcards of the late 19th - early 20th centuries.