Ivan Seleznyov
Ivan Seleznyov | |
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| Иван Фёдорович Селезнёв | |
 Self-portrait | |
| Born | January 3, 1856 Kiev |
| Died | March 31, 1936 (aged 80) Kiev |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1881) |
| Known for | Painting |
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Ivan Fyodorovich Seleznyov (Russian: Иван Федорович Селезнёв; 3 January 1856, in Kiev, Russian Empire – 31 March 1936, in Kiev, UkrSSR) was a Russian Imperial and Ukrainian Soviet painter and art teacher, known mostly for his historical paintings.
Biography[]
He was born to a peasant family that originally came from Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire. From 1872 to 1881, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts with Pavel Chistyakov.[1] While there, he was awarded two silver medals (1877, 1878) and one gold medal (1880), for his painting of Jacob recognizing Joseph's clothes.[2]
Upon graduating, he received the title of "Artist" first degree for his painting of Saint Sergius blessing Dmitri Donskoy.[2] The following year, his depiction of Prince , the youngest son of Yury of Zvenigorod, won him a stipend to study in Rome. He was there from 1883 to 1886.[1]
From 1886 to 1890, he taught at the Kiev Drawing School, operated by Nikolay Murashko.[1] From 1898 to 1920, he gave classes at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. After 1901, he also taught at the newly established and served as Director there from 1911 to 1914.[2] Among his more notable students were Boris Aronson, , Boris Vladimirski and .
He was one of the founders of the "Kiev Fellowship of Religious Painting" and served as its Chairman after 1908.[1] He also did restoration work on the frescoes at St. Cyril's Monastery.
Works[]
- Примеры работ И. Ф. Селезнёва
Last chord (1885)
Chapel (1892)
Girl
(earlier 1936)
References[]
- ^ a b c d Brief biography @ RusArtNet.
- ^ a b c Biographical notes Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine @ ArtRu.info
- ^ later reproduced as a popular postcard, in several variations.
External links[]
Media related to Ivan Seleznyov at Wikimedia Commons
- Postcard version of painting @ Hobby Group
- Imperial Academy of Arts alumni
- Awarded with a large gold medal of the Academy of Arts
- 1856 births
- 1936 deaths
- 19th-century Ukrainian painters
- Ukrainian male painters
- 19th-century male artists
- 20th-century Ukrainian painters
- 20th-century male artists
- History painters
- Artists from Kyiv