Sergey Arsentyevich Vinogradov (1869, 1938) was a renowned Russian painter and graphic artist. He was born on July 1 (13), 1869, in the village of Bolshie Sali in the Kostroma province, now the settlement of Nekrasovskoye in the Yaroslavl region, into a priest's family.

At the age of 11, Vinogradov moved to Moscow, where he initially lived with P. S. Sorokin, and later with his older brother E. S. Sorokin. In 1880 and 1889, he graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, studying under masters such as E. S. Sorokin, V. E. Makovsky, V. D. Polenov, and I. M. Pryanishnikov. In 1888, he was awarded the title of class artist. In 1889, he entered the Academy of Arts, where he studied under B. P. Villevalde and K. B. Venig, but left due to health issues. During this time, he became a member of the Society of Traveling Art Exhibitions.

In the late 1880s and early 1890s, Vinogradov taught at the A. O. Gunsta School of Fine Arts. In 1890 and 1898, he worked at the Kharkov Craft School, and from 1898 to 1913, he taught at the Stroganov School.

In 1901, Vinogradov became one of the initiators of the exhibition of the society of 36 artists and participated in the founding of the Union of Russian Artists in December 1903, but soon left it.

At the turn of the century, he began visiting Paris, where he became acquainted with the works of J. F. Raffaelli, J. L. Forain, and observed the work of P. O. Renoir, whose female images temporarily influenced his style. He also enjoyed visiting the Durand-Ruel gallery.

In 1912, Vinogradov became an academician of the Academy of Arts, and from 1916, a full member.

In December 1923, while in Riga preparing for an exhibition of Russian art in New York, he decided to stay in Latvia, where he lived until the end of his life. He initially settled in Riga, and from 1927, in Lobarge, with I. K. Voitsekhovskaya, his former student. Vinogradov continued to teach and died on February 5, 1938, in Riga, where he was buried at the Pokrovsky Cemetery.

His work reflects the main features of the Union of Russian Artists, as well as the influence of his childhood in a priest's family and the monumental painting practiced by his first teacher E. S. Sorokin. Vinogradov painted genre scenes, portraits, interiors, and landscapes. In the late 1890s, his works on peasant themes were full of sunlight. Later, he began to move away from the style of the Wanderers, and in his works of the 1910s, elements of Impressionism appeared, with landscapes becoming more decorative. In 1914 and 1917, he created postcards on military themes. The most significant works of Vinogradov belong to the period of his active involvement in the 'Union of Russian Artists.'