Vassili Dmitrievich Polenov, Russian, 1844 to 1927, oil painting on canvas mounted on cardboard, Old Bridges. Signed, titled and inscribed on the backside. Framed. Vassili Polenov is known for Realist land and seascape, portrait and figure painting en plein aire. Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. A native of St.Petersburg, Polenov studied under Pavel Chistyakov and in the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1863 to 1871. He was one of the first Russian artists who achieved a plein air freshness of color combined with artistic finish of composition The principles developed by Polenov had a great impact on further development of Russian and especially Soviet landscape painting. One of a kind artwork.