Andrei Vladimirovich Tolstoy

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Andrei Tolstoy (2012)

Andrei Wladimirowitsch Tolstoy ( Russian Андре́й Владими́рович Толсто́й ; * December 27, 1956 in Moscow ; † February 11, 2016 there ) was a Russian art historian .

Life

Tolstoy came from the branched Russian noble family Tolstoy . In 1979 he graduated in art history from Lomonosov University in Moscow ; In 2002 he received his doctorate. In 2003 he was appointed professor at the Moscow Architecture Institute and in 2009 professor at the Moscow Art Institute Surikov (Московский государственный академический художественный институт имен.Иву Свет Имен. He also taught at the Moscow Institute for European Cultural Studies (IEK) (Институт европейских культур).

Tolstoy was director of the Research Institute for Theory and History of Fine Arts, an institution of the Russian Academy of Arts. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Arts and a board member of the academy.

Tolstoy was an expert on 20th century Russian painting and the art of Russian emigrants. He was committed to the communication of Russian and foreign artists and published several books.

Publications

  • with Evgenija Sergeeva, Marina Petrova Čegodaeva, Evgenija Nikolaevna, Natalia Černyšova: The Artist Annamukhamed Zaripov and his Collection XX century . Russian Museum / Gosudarstvennyj Russkij Muzej, St. Petersburg /: Palace Edition Europe, Bad Breisig 2009 (original title: Chudožnik Annamuchamed Zaripov i ego kollekcija XX vek. Translated by James Waddell), exhibition catalog, ISBN 978-3-940761-34-7 ( English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Умер искусствовед Андрей Толстой. In: colta.ru. February 11, 2016, Retrieved February 12, 2016 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Tolstoy, Andrei Vladimirovich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 2016
Place of death Moscow , Russia