Mihail Nesterov

Mihail Vasil'evich Nesterov, hudozhnik s neobyknovennoy sud'boy, prozhil 80 let i svoim talantom i trudolyubiem navechno vpisal svoe imya v istoriyu otechestvennoy kul'tury. On proslavilsya v konce XIX veka takimi kartinami, kak PUSTYNNIK i VIDENIE OTROKU VARFOLOMEYu, i, prodolzhaya rabotat' posle revolyucii, sozdal blistatel'nuyu portretnuyu galereyu deyateley sovetskoy nauki i iskusstva. Bolee 20 let on trudilsya kak zhivopisec-monumentalist, ukrasiv rospisyami steny mnogih cerkvey, no glavnym soderzhaniem ego tvorchestva byli religiozno-filosofskie poi­ski zagadochnoy russkoy dushi, itogom kotoryh stala grandioznaya kartina NA RUSI (DUShA NARODA). Nastoyaschiy patriot, aktivnyy obschestvennyy deyatel' i pisatel', Nesterov, stav svidetelem epohal'nyh sobytiy v istorii nashey strany, stremilsya pokazat' russkogo cheloveka v luchshih proyavleniyah.