Pavel Sorokin (painter) explained

Pavel Semenovich Sorokin (1836/39 - 1886) was a Russian painter of religious themes. He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg and died in Moscow.

Sorokin was the brother of artists Evgraf and Vasili Sorokin.

References

• John Milner. A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists, 1420 - 1970. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Antique Collectors' Club, 1993