Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov (; 5 July 1832 — 11 November 1919) was a Russian painter and art teacher, active in St. Petersburg (later Petrograd) and Tsarskoye Selo from Tsar Alexander II's reign through the Civil War days. He is known for historical and genre scenes as well as portraits.
Biography
His father was a freed serf who had worked as an estate manager. Despite the financial burdens, he saw to it that his son had a proper education; first at a parish school in Krasny Kholm, then the secondary school in Bezhetsk.
In 1849, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts, where he studied with Pyotr Basin and Maxim Vorobiev. From 1854 to 1858, he received two silver medals and one gold, for his depiction of Hermogenes in prison. In 1861, he graduated with the title of "Artist", another gold medal (for his painting of Sophia of Lithuania at the wedding of her son, Vasily II) and the right to a stipend for study abroad.