The Soul of Social Realism: The Life of Sergey Ivanov Born into a world of shifting Russian landscapes in 1864, Sergey Vasilyevich Ivanov emerged as a profound voice within the movement of social realism. His early life was marked by a tension between duty and passion; the son of a customs official, he was initially steered toward the pragmatic path of land surveying at the age of eleven. Yet, the call of the brush proved irresistible…