Nikolai Nevrev

At the age of 21, Nevrev entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (MSPSA), where he studied under the Russian-Italian painter, Mikhail Scotti.

[citation needed] In the 1860s, Nevrev painted one of his masterpieces, "The Bargain" (1866), in which he depicted the sale of a serf.

[1] In 1898, following the death of Pavel Tretyakov, he was offered the position of Director at the gallery, but declined, citing old age and poor health.

[1] On 25 September 1980, the Soviet Union issued a 6 kopek postage stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of his birth (together with that of Konstantin Flavitsky).

[3] An international open-air painting festival is held annually in his honor in the Mogilev Region of Belarus.