Albert Bredow
Albert Bredow (Russian Альберт Бредов, * 1828 in Germany ; † April 23 / May 5, 1899 in Moscow ) was a German-Russian landscape painter, lithographer and set designer .
His birthplace in Germany and his art studies are unknown. He worked as a set designer in Riga from 1852 , then in Tallinn . In 1856 he came to Moscow at the invitation of the Directorate of the Imperial Theater. From 1856 to 1862 he worked as a set designer for the Moscow theaters and from 1862 to 1871 for the Petersburg theaters. In addition, he dealt with landscape painting. His works were rated positively by the critic Vladimir Wassiljewitsch Stassow .
In 1863 an album with his stage sets for Glinka's opera " A Life for the Tsar " was published in Petersburg . In 1868 he began his studies at the Petersburg Imperial Art Academy . At the art exhibitions of the academy he exhibited his landscapes from Germany and Russia.
His designs of stage sets are in the collections of the Moscow Bachrushin Theater Museum.
literature
- В. М. Красовская: Русский балетный театр от возникновения до середины XIX века (Russian theater from the beginning to the middle of the 19th century). Искусство, Moscow 1958. Vol. 2, p. 545.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bredow, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Бредов, Альберт |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter and stage designer in Russia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1899 |
| Place of death | Moscow |