Russian painter, drawer. In 1833 he began to attend the evening classes of The Art Academy of Petersburg. In 1844 after his resignation he decided to devote himself only to painting. His most famous work it’s the painting The Major Goes Courting. In 1848 after the presentation of this picture to the Art Academy Council, Fedotov was granted by the academician title in the field of “domestic scene painting”. Fedovov’s portrait creativity is the closest kind of painting in Russian art to miniature.
