Alexander Andreevich Ivanov

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Ivanov's painting The Revelation of Christ to Man (oil on canvas, 1837–57) illustrates Matthew 3:13.
Olive tree , 1st half of the 19th century
Portrait of Vittoria Marini

Alexander Andrejewitsch Ivanov ( Russian Александр Андреевич Иванов ; born July 16, 1806 in Saint Petersburg ; †  July 3,  1858 ibid) was a Russian painter who made a name for himself primarily as a history painter, painter of biblical subjects and as a landscape painter .

Life

Growing up in a family of artists, he entered the Petersburg Art Academy at the age of 11 . Here he was a student of his father Andrej Iwanowitsch Iwanow, a professor of painting who recognized and promoted his son's talent at an early stage. He received two silver medals for his drawings during his training and in 1824 received a gold medal for the picture Priam asks Achilles for the corpse of Hector (Приам испрашивает у Ахиллеса труп Гектора). Three years later he was awarded a gold medal for Joseph interprets dreams in prison (Иосиф в темнице истолковывает сны царедворцам фараона).

After completing his training, he was given a scholarship to go abroad. Ivanov went to Rome via Dresden . This is where he was supposed to be for most of his life. During this time he made friends with the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol . Here he came under the influence of the Nazarenes . It was during this time that his painting Bellerophon went to the chimeras (Беллерофонт отправляется в поход против Химеры).

In the period from 1837 to 1857 he worked on the painting Appearance of Christ to the People (Явление Христа народу), which was to become his main work. This painting was accompanied by approx. 300 sketches and detailed drawings; it is to be assigned to the style of classicism .

In 1857 Ivanov returned to Russia. He died of cholera in 1858 .

Most of Alexander Ivanov's works can be seen in the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum .

Other works (selection)

  • Christ appears to Mary Magdalene after the resurrection (Явление воскресшего Христа Марии Магдалине)
  • The Appian Way at sunset
  • Girl in Albana in the door
  • Ave Maria
  • Vittoria Kaldoni
  • Branches

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