the Birdcatcher, the Fisherman, and the Hunters at Rest. In 1866, Perov received the title of an academician, and in 1871 the position of a Professor at Moscow School of Arts, Sculpture and Architecture. It was around this period that Perov joined the Peredvizhniki, a collective of Russian realist painters formed as an artists cooperative in protest of academic restrictions. Perov died on 10 June (29 May O.S.), 1882 in the village Kuzminki, now Kuzminki District of Moscow) from tuberculosis, and his body was interred at the Donskoy Cemetery. Selected works References External links Perov at Olga's Gallery Artists Illustrating Boys Fashions: Vasily Perov (Russia, 1834-82) Vasily Perov at Tanais Gallery 1833 births 1882 deaths People from Tobolsk People from Tobolsky Uyezd Russian realist painters Peredvizhniki Russian male painters 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Tuberculosis deaths in Russia 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni Academic staff of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture