Firs Sergeyevich Zhuravlev: Life and Legacy Early Life and Education Firs Sergeyevich Zhuravlev (born December 22, 1836 – died September 17, 1901) was a prominent Russian genre painter. He received his artistic training at the prestigious Imperial Academy of Arts, where he studied under renowned history painters Timofey Neff and Fyodor Bruni. This foundational education instilled in him a strong technical skill set and an initi…