Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev

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Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev

Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedew ( Russian Михаил Иванович Лебедев ; * 4th November July / 16 November  1811 greg. In Dorpat ; † 13 July July / 25 July  1837 greg. In Naples ) was a Russian painter .

Mikhail Lebedev was born in Tartu into an impoverished serf family. Serfdom was abolished in the 1820s and young Lebedev was given the opportunity to attend a nearby school. Count Palen became aware of his artistic abilities and sent him on a scholarship to the Petersburg Art Academy . At the academy, among others, Maxim Nikiforovich Vorobyov was his teacher. In 1833 his painting View of Ladoga was awarded a gold medal.

Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev: Avenue in Albano, 1837 (Soviet postage stamp, 1986)

In 1834 Lebedev traveled to Italy , where he met a Russian artist colony, including Karl Brjullow . Lebedev was enthusiastic about landscape painting there. Notable paintings from this period are Ariccia near Rome and View of Castel-Gandolfo near Rome . Lebedev's colorful and contrasting landscapes were an immediate hit with the public. In 1837 he came to Naples to work during a cholera epidemic . He fell ill and died at the age of 25.

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SURNAME Lebedev, Mikhail Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Лебедев, Михаил Иванович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorpat
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1837
Place of death Naples