In March 1876 Vasnetsov, having secured an order on the illustration of E. N. Vodovozova’s book “The Life of European Peoples”, left for France.
Settled in Paris with little money, but with the support of artist friends, Victor Mikhailovich studied meticulously the Louvre collection and closely followed the impressionistic discoveries of contemporary French painters. Their influence is felt in the genre picture created by him in France “Acrobats at a holiday in the environs of Paris”.
This spring in the spring of 1877 Vasnetsov exhibited at the annual Paris Salon, but without much success. Returning a year later to his homeland, he presented “Acrobats” at the next traveling exhibition. Alexander III, seeing this work, waded through it for the imperial collection.
Acrobates en vacances aux alentours de Paris – Victor Vasnetsov 
Bookshop by Victor Vasnetsov 
The Scythians fight with the Slavs by Victor Vasnetsov 
Gamayun, a prophetic bird by Victor Vasnetsov 
Portrait of EA Prakhova by Victor Vasnetsov 
A Song about Oleg’s Thing by Victor Vasnetsov 
Acróbatas en unas vacaciones en los alrededores de París – Victor Vasnetsov 
Beggars-singers (worshipers) by Victor Vasnetsov