Lukian Vasilievich Popov (Russian: Лукиан Васильевич Попов; 20 October 1873 - 20 May 1914) was a genre painter in the Realistic style; associated with the Peredvizhniki.

[1] His first artistic studies were at the Drawing School of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts.

[1] After his return, he went back to Orenburg, where he remained until his death, although he travelled throughout the region, sketching village life.

[2] Then, in 1914, the governing board of the Peredvizhniki would not allow him to participate because his painting, "The Dying Child", was not in the spirit of the "celebratory tone" of the exhibition.

The painting was based on Popov's own son, who had been born blind and died after an operation that might have restored his sight.