Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov
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Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov | |
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Александр Андреевич Иванов | |
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Born | |
Died | July 3, 1858 | (aged 51)
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1836) |
Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1827) |
Known for | Painting |
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Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Ива́нов; July 28 (July 16 [OS]), 1806 – July 15 (July 3 [OS]), 1858) was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries. He was born and died in St. Petersburg. He has been called the master of one work, for it took 20 years to complete his magnum opus The Appearance of Christ Before the People.[1]
Biography[]
Early Years and Education[]
Alexander Andreyevich was born to an art professor Andrey Ivanov. Aged 11, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts and studied at his father's course together with Karl Briullov. For his good achievements he was awarded with two silver medals, in 1824 he received a golden medal for the painting 'Priam Asking Achilles to Return Hector's Body'. In 1827 he was honoured with the Big Gold Medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts for 'Joseph interprets the butler's and the baker's dreams' and was promoted to the XIV grade artists.
Ivanov's benefactors decided to send him abroad to study art, but required one more picture, thus he creates 'Bellerophon sent to a campaign against the Chimera'. In 1830 Ivanov departs to Europe, first in Germany, then to Italy.
Italian Years[]
Ivanov's first works in Rome were copies of The Creation of Adam of the Sistine Chapel and some drafts of Biblical scenes. He dreamed to create an epic painting of the Messiah coming to people, but first he decided to try himself on lesser scale picture. In 1834-1835 he finished 'Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena'. The painting had great success both in Rome and St Petersburg. The Russian Imperial Academy of Arts granted Ivanov an honorary academic degree in 1836.
He spent most of his life in Rome where he befriended Gogol and was influenced by the Nazarenes.
The Appearance of Christ Before the People[]
Ivanov spent 20 years (1837–1857) in Rome, working on his greatest masterpiece 'The Appearance of Christ Before the People'.[2]
Death[]
Ivanov died of cholera on July 3, 1858. He was buried in St. Petersburg at the Novodevichy Cemetery. In 1936, he was reburied with the transfer of the monument to the Tikhvin Cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
Influence and Critics[]
Critical judgement about Ivanov improved in the following generation. Some of the numerous sketches he had prepared for The Appearance have been recognized as masterpieces in their own right. The most comprehensive collection of his works can be viewed at the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.
Gallery[]
- Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov's paintings
Noli me tangere Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena, 1835
Joseph interprets the butler's and the baker's dreams, 1827
Apollo, Hyacinthus and Cyparis singing and playing, 1831-1834
Bellerophon sent to a campaign against the Chimera, 1829
Appian Way at Sunset, 1845
Cleansing of the Temple, 1824
Last supper, 1850
Vittoria Caldoni portrait, 1834
Nikolai Gogol portrait, 1841
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References[]
- ^ Sibbald, Barbara (February 5, 2002). "If the soul is nourished..." Canadian Medical Association Journal. 166 (3): 357–358. PMC 99322.
- ^ Apresyan, A. (2020-01-25). "5 eccentricities of great Russian painters". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
External links[]
Media related to Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov at Wikimedia Commons
- Online gallery of Ivanov's works
- Painting 'Priam Asking Achilles to Return Hector's Body' in The State Tretyakov Gallery
- Members of the Imperial Academy of Arts
- Imperial Academy of Arts alumni
- Awarded with a large gold medal of the Academy of Arts
- 1806 births
- 1858 deaths
- 19th-century Russian painters
- Russian male painters
- Neoclassical painters
- Russian watercolorists
- People from Saint Petersburg
- Burials in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome
- 19th-century male artists
- Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery