Alfred Rudolfowitsch Eberling

Alfred Eberling in his studio

Alfred Rudolfowitsch Eberling Russian Альфред Рудольфович Эберлинг (born January 3, 1872 in Zgierz , Poland ; † January 17, 1951 in Leningrad ) was a Russian and Soviet painter .

Life

Illustration to Lermontov's poem "The Demon"

Eberling studied at the Petersburg Academy from 1889 to 1897 . From 1896 to 1897 he was a student of Ilya Eefimowitsch Repin . Then he became a student of Franz von Lenbach in Munich .

Eberling initially created large compositions close to symbolism , but concentrated on portraits from an early age. As such, he worked several times for Tsars Nicholas II (Russia) and Ferdinand I (Bulgaria) . He also became known for portraits of ballerinas (including Anna Pawlowna Pawlowa ) and actresses. After the October Revolution he also became a portraitist of the new rulers. Among other things, he portrayed Josef Stalin , Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov , Maxim Gorky and Lenin . His portrait of Lenin won a competition for the best portrait of Lenin in 1924 and then appeared on ruble banknotes . From 1904 until his death he taught at art schools and the academy in Leningrad. He also created the illustrations for a luxury edition of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov's poem “The Demon” from 1910.

literature

• Hermann Alexander Müller , Hans Wolfgang Singer : General Artist Lexicon . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 80 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - short entry): “Eberling, Alfred, was born on Jan. 3. and pupils of Gerson in Warsaw and Lenbach. The picture in the mush. Saratoff means "Little Russian". His “Old and New Painting” got into the Gal. Kazan "
• Pawel Dawydowitsch Ettinger : Eberling, Alfred Rudolfowitsch . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 305-306 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Alfred Eberling  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Works by Ėberling, Alʹfred 1872–1951 in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Portrait of an Unknown Woman hermitagemuseum.org