Abstract

The article discusses the work of V.V. Vereshchagin (1842-1904) in the context of the question of art genre classification. Analyzing artist's main painting series - Turkestan, Balkan, Russian, including “1812", from this point of view, the author concludes that VV. Vereshchagin is an outstanding master of the historical painting. The article discusses the phenomenon of a Large-Scale history painting as a credo of the 19th century Russian history painters.

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