Pyotr Shamshin
{{short description|Russian painter}}
{{Infobox artist
| native_name = Пётр Михайлович Шамшин
| image = Shamshin_PM.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Self-portrait
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1811|01|10}}
| birth_place = Saint Petersburg
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1895|02|06|1811|01|10}}
| death_place = Saint Petersburg
| education = {{Imperial Academy of Arts|Member|1844}}
{{Imperial Academy of Arts|Professor|1853}}
| alma_mater = {{Imperial Academy of Arts|Alumni|1838}}
| awards = {{Imperial Academy of Arts|Medal|1836}}
| known_for = Painting
}}
Pyotr Mikhailovich Shamshin (Russian: Пётр Михайлович Шамшин; (10 January 1811, Saint Petersburg – 6 February 1895, Saint Petersburg)[http://www.art-catalog.ru/artist.php?id_artist=287 Biographical notes] @ Art Catalog.ru. was a Russian painter of historical and religious scenes in the Academic style.
Biography
His father, {{ill|Шамшин, Михаил Никитич|ru|lt=Mikhail Nikitich Shamshin}}, was a painter who taught at the Imperial Academy of Arts.[http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/2010239/post118599954/ Life and appreciation] @ LiveInternet. At the age of ten, he entered the primary school at the Academy and studied with Pyotr Basin. In 1836, he was awarded a large gold medal for his depiction of the massacre of Niobe's children by Artemis and Apollo.{{ВТ-ЭСБЕ|Шамшин, Петр Михайлович}}.
He graduated in 1838 with the title of "Artist" and a small gold medal for a scene from the Iliad. His title included a stipend to study abroad, so he went to Italy and remained there for seven years. After returning, he became a teacher at the Academy. He was named an "Academician" in 1844 for his paintings of Hagar in the desert and Peter the Great rescuing drowning soldiers near his estate in Lakhta; an act that probably hastened Peter's death.
He was awarded the title of Professor in 1853 for his version of the Resurrection. Six years later, due to changes in the Academy's charter, he was redesignated as an "Associate Professor". In 1863, he became a "Professor, First Degree". After holding that position for twenty years, he was named the Rector for painting and sculpture. Among his best-known students were Isaak Asknaziy, {{ill|Vasily Savinsky|ru|Савинский, Василий Евмениевич}}, Viktor Bobrov and Vasily Smirnov. Shortly before his death, due to a new statute for the Academy, he was dismissed because of age. He was interred at Smolensky Cemetery. His tomb has not been preserved.
Most of his works were religious in nature and may be seen at Saint Isaac's Cathedral and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. He also painted for smaller churches throughout Russia, but some of those works were lost or destroyed during the early Soviet period.
Selected paintings
File:Shamshin-Rescue.jpg|Peter the Great rescues the Drowning at Lakhta
File:Female dancer from Trastevere by P.Shamshin (GTG, 1840).jpg|Female Dancer from Trastavere
File:Capture of Kazan (Shamshin, 1894).jpeg|The entry of Ivan IV in Kazan
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Category:19th-century painters from the Russian Empire
Category:Russian male painters