Adrian Volkov

Adrian Markovich Volkov was a Russian genre painter.

Biography

Adrian Volkov was born on 19 August 1827, in, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.
The artist studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts and was a pupil of Professor Fyodor Bruni.
He died on 1 February 1873, in Saint Petersburg.

Awards

In 1858, Volkov received the title of class artist and was awarded a small gold medal of the Academy of Arts for his painting The Obzhorny Ryad in Saint Petersburg. In 1860, he was also awarded a gold medal of the academy for his work The Interrupted Betrothal.