1865–1911
Sergei Semenovich Yoroshilov was a russian painter, animalist.
Trained at the prestigious Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Yoroshilov emerged as one of the most compelling interpreters of the Russian hunting tradition, a world built on rituals, landscapes, and—above all—animals.
His artistic identity took form within the intellectual circle “Sreda”, where writers, critics, and painters sought to renew Russian realism without severing its ties to national heritage. Within this context, Yoroshilov devoted nearly all his work to the imagery of the chase.
Yoroshilov exhibited at the Autumn Exhibitions of the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, as well as in Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, and Irkutsk, reaching an audience far beyond Moscow. Reproductions of his paintings appeared in major illustrated magazines—Niva, Iskra, Rodina—and on popular postcards, ensuring his imagery of the hunt circulated widely throughout the Empire.
