Mikhail Petrovich Klodt
Baron Michail Petrowitsch Klodt (actually Michail Clodt von Jürgensburg ; Russian Михаил Петрович Клодт ; * 17 September July / 29 September 1835 reg. In Saint Petersburg ; † 7 January July / 20 January 1914 reg. Ibid) was a Russian genre painter and etcher who specialized in historical scenarios in his works.
Life
Klodt's father was the Russian sculptor from the Baltic German aristocratic family Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg (1805–1867). Michail Klodt studied first with the artist Alexander Alexejewitsch Agin, from 1852 on the Russian Art Academy of Saint Petersburg with Alexej Markow. In 1861 he was presented with the gold medal for his work Poslednjaja Wesna ( Eng . "The Last Spring"). From 1857 to 1860 Michail Klodt worked in Paris, was promoted by the Russian Empire as a recognized artist in his country, and traveled across France with his cousin Michail Konstantinowitsch Klodt, who was also an artist. 1862–1865 he lived in Munich.
For his painting Derewenskije Krasawizy ( Eng . "Peasant Beauties") as well as for Voswroneschenije s polja ( Eng . "The return from the field") Klodt achieved the rank of academic in 1867, in 1872 that of a professor. His painting with the name Musykant ( Eng . "The Musician") attracted the interest of the important Russian art collector Pawel Michailowitsch Tretyakov . Mikhail Klodt was one of the founding members of the so-called Peredwischniki as well as the community of Russian watercolorists. He taught at the art school of the Imperial Association for Art Promotion (1865–1867, 1875–1913) and also led watercolor lessons at the school of the Russian Baron Alexander von Stieglitz . From 1869 to 1871 Klodt worked as a draftsman on the expedition of the Archaeological Imperial Commission on the Taman Peninsula . From 1895 to 1914 he worked as a restorer in the St. Petersburg Hermitage .
literature
- Wilhelm Neumann : Clodt v. Jürgensburg, Michael (II) Petrovich . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 111–112 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Article Michail Petrowitsch Klodt in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klodt, Mikhail Petrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Von Jürgensburg, Michail Clodt (real name); Клодт, Михаил Петрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1914 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |