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Maxime Nikiforovich Vorobiyev, 1787-1855,
belonged to the romantic school of Russian painters. He was particularly fond
of St. Petersburg and the places around it. Though he often painted from
nature, he made his landscapes look more beautiful than they actually were. His
delicate and idealized oils and aquatints earned him a reputation as the
painter-poet of St. Petersburg. "The View of the Neva Embankment" and
"The Cathedral of Kazan" are among his best. Russian art historians
find that his works resemble those of Canaletto, the Italian painter of the
palaces and scenes of Venice, whose canals are shared in common with St.
Petersburg.
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