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'''Dmitri Minaevich Sinodi-Popov''' ([[Russian language|Russian]] ''Дмитрий Минаевич Синоди-Попов'') (1855 &ndash; 1910) was a Russian Empire artist of Greek descent.
[[Image:Sinodi-Popov Birthhouse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Birthhouse of Sinodi-Popov in [[Taganrog]].]]
Dmitri Sinodi-Popov was born in the city of [[Taganrog]], where he received a good education at home: [[violin]], [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] languages and was very good at the visual arts. In 1870, Sinodi-Popov entered the [[St. Petersburg Academy of Arts]], where the amateur artist acquired good practical skills, but he had to interrupt his studies because he was suffering from [[epilepsy]].
In late 1870s, the artist returned to his home city of [[Taganrog]], continued his art studies and painted a lot. Most of the sketches available at the Taganrog Museum of Art and Taganrog State Museum date back to late 1870s - early 1900s. Most of the visual heritage left by the artist is in the form of drawings. His portraits of local Greeks are very expressive: ''Portrait of Doctor Divaris'', ''Greek Boy'' and ''An Old Greek'' (1870).
Starting from the 1880s, the artist worked in the context of [[Peredvizhniki]] traditions. ''The portrait of the artist Seraphima Blonskaya'' goes beyond the boundaries of its genre and transforms into a portrait-painting. The image of the young woman conveys seriousness and simplicity. Sinodi-Popov exhibited in [[Europe]] and his name became well-known, bringing new orders and fans. But with his illness progressing, the artist went for medical treatment to [[Rome]] and later [[Paris]], where he died.
==Art of Sinodi-Popov==
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Image:Portrait_Blonskaya.jpg|Portrait of the Artist [[Seraphima Blonskaya]]/The Letter, 1890 from the collection of [[Taganrog Museum of Art]]
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