Sergey Yendogurov
Sergey Ivanovich Yendogurov (Russian: Сергей Иванович Ендогуров; 11 October 1864, Saint Petersburg - 4 December 1894, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian landscape painter and watercolorist in the Neo-Classical style. His brother, Ivan, was also a well-known landscape painter.
Biography[]
His father, Counter Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy.[1] His mother was the daughter of Admiral . While attending the gymnasium, he and his brother became acquainted with the landscape painter, Yefim Volkov, who stimulated their interest in art.
, was aUnlike Ivan, however, Sergey never had any formal artistic training. He attended the Russian Naval Academy in 1884 and became an officer. From 1885 to 1888, he was a member of the crew on the clipper (Herald); serving in the Pacific.[1]
During that time, he taught himself watercolor painting and, when he retired from service, became a member of the "
"; painting a large number of scenes depicting the places he visited while on duty.He died of tuberculosis in 1894; the same disease that would claim his brother four years later. In 1899, his mother endowed a fund at the Imperial Academy of Arts to establish the "Yendogurov Prize" for landscape painting. It was awarded until 1917.
References[]
- ^ a b Biographical notes @ Rodovid.
External links[]
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- More works by Yendogurov @ ArtRu.info
- 1864 births
- 1894 deaths
- 19th-century Russian painters
- Russian male painters
- Russian landscape painters
- Russian watercolorists
- People from Saint Petersburg
- 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis deaths in Russia
- Russian painter stubs