VLADIMIR KAZANTSEV (1849- 1902)
Mount Narodnaya (1,894 m - 6,214 ft)
Russia
In The Urals 1888, oil on canvas, Irkutsk Regional Art Museum
The mountain
Mount Narodnaya (1,894 m - 6,214 ft), also known as Naroda and Poenurr which means "People's Mountain" is the highest peak of the Urals in Russia. It is in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Tyumen Oblast, 0.5 km to east from the border of Komi Republic. It is the highest point in European Russia outside the Caucasus. This leads to its large topographic prominence (1,772 me -5,814 ft). Narodnaya is located in the Ural mountains water divide, and therefore on the border between Europe and Asia: the Naroda river flows south-east from the summit into the Ob river in Siberia, and the Kos'yu river flows north-west from the summit into the Pechora river in Europe.
The mountain is formed with quartzites and metamorphosed slates of the Proterozoic Eon and Cambrian Period. There are some glaciers on the mountain. Also, there are sparse forests of larch and birch in the deep valleys at the foot of the mountain. The slopes of the mountain are covered with highland tundra. The easiest route to the summit is a technically easy hike on the moderate north-west slope. Depending on snow and ice conditions, crampons may be required. The south wall of Narodnaya is steeper and less commonly used to reach the summit.
The painter
Vladimir G. Kazantsev was a Russian landscape painter enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 31. Before that, he was a lawyer, graduated from the Law Faculty of Moscow State University and worked as a judicial investigator. Since 1883 Kazantsev become a permanent member of academic exhibitions. In 1884, the artist's permit for the contest, the winner of which gets the right to travel to a foreign trip. His picture did not win, but the title of academic painter and "artist of the second degree" was given to him. In his paintings h captured many parts of Russia through different seasons and different times of day. VG Kazantsev was fortunate enough to work at a time the landscape was in a leading position in arts in Russia.
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