Nikolai Grandkovsky
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Nikolai Karlovich Grandkovsky (Russian: Николай Карлович Грандковский; 23 February 1864, Saratov - 18 May 1907, Penza) was a Russian Realist painter who specialized in portraits and genre scenes.
Biography[]
After taking private lessons from Mikhail Ivanovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1841-1881), and receiving his recommendation, Grandkovsky obtained a government grant and was enrolled at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1880.[1] During his studies, his drawings received two silver medals from the Imperial Academy of Arts.
After graduating in 1889, he settled in Moscow. In 1891, he began to exhibit with the Peredvizhniki and, the following year, became a member of the "Moscow Society of Art Lovers".[2] In 1894, he won an award for his portrait of Nikolai Zlatovratsky and, in 1895, another award for his painting "Купаться" (Bathing).[1]
At the invitation of Konstantin Savitsky, he moved to Penza in 1897 to help him establish a new art college. He became one of the first professors there, together with the sculptor, and the architect, .[3] He also taught at the Penza Theological Seminary.[1] Shortly after his death, the college held a major retrospective of his works.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Brief biography @ the Penza website.
- ^ Letters by Grandkovsky @ the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art.
- ^ History of the School Archived 2016-08-12 at the Wayback Machine @ the College website.
External links[]
Media related to Nikolai Grandkovsky at Wikimedia Commons
- 1864 births
- 1907 deaths
- People from Saratov
- People from Saratovsky Uyezd
- 19th-century Russian painters
- Russian male painters
- Russian portrait painters
- Russian genre painters