6 facts about Nikolai Yaroshenko

Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (Russian: Николай Александрович Ярошенко; Ukrainian: Микола Олександрович Ярошенко; 13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1846 – 7 July [O.S. 25 June] 1898) was a Russian Imperial painter of Ukrainian origin.

Yaroshenko painted many portraits, genre paintings, and drawings. His genre paintings depict torture, struggles, fruit, bathing suits, and additional hardships faced in the Russian Empire. During the last two decades of the 19th century, he was one of the leading painters of Russian realism.

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