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Russia, Rome and the tricky business of disaster painting

12/2018 | 1389 | 160

Pages: 996-1005

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Author:

Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)

Subjects

art literature:

Gogol, Nikolay / Pushkin, Alexander

artists:

Kiprensky, Orest / Bryullov, Karl / Martin, John, 1789-1854 / Basin, Petr / Gagarin, Grigory / Bruni, Fyodor / Markov, Aleksei / Raev, Vasily / Surikov, Vasily / Repin, Ilya

dates:

1800-1849 / 1830-1839 / 1840-1849

media:

Paintings / Drawings / Sketches

museums and institutions:

Russian Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia

patrons:

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796

places:

Russia / Saint Petersburg / Italy / Rome

subjects:

Russian painting / Russian School / History paintings / Genre paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Style / Academic art / Neo-classicism / Sublime / Natural disasters / Earthquakes / Portraits / Influence / Formal analysis / Nationalism / Travel / Grand tours / Academies / Study and teaching / Students / Salons (art exhibitions) / Commissions / Patronage / Awards / Critical Reception / Iconography / Christian iconography

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Last day of Pompeii, by Karl Bryullov. 1830–33. Canvas, 456.5 by 651 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).

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10. Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan. 16th November 1581, by Ilya Repin. 1885. Canvas, 199.5 by 254 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).

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2. Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, by John Martin. 1822. Canvas, 161.6 by 253 cm. (Tate, London).

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3. Earthquake in Rocca di Papa, near Rome, by Petr Basin. 1830. Canvas, 84 by 99 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).

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4. Sketch for ‘Genseric’s invasion of Rome’, by Karl Bryullov. 1835–36. Canvas, 88 by 117.9 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).

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5. Siege of Pskov by King Stefan Batory of Poland in 1581, by Karl Bryullov. 1839–43. Canvas, 482 by 675 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).

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6. Death of Camilla, sister of Horatius, by Fedor Bruni. 1824. Canvas, 350 by 526.5 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).

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7. The brazen serpent, by Fedor Bruni. 1834–41. Canvas, 565 by 852 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).

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8. Sketch for ‘St Eustace Placidus in the Colosseum’, by Aleksei Markov. 1836–42. Canvas, 98 by 136.5 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).

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9. Morning of the execution of the Streltsy, by Vasily Surikov. 1881. Canvas, 218 by 375 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).

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Some Reflections on Nineteenth-Century Russian Painting

02/1959 | 671 | 101

Pages: 52-57

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Author:

Rice, Tamara Talbot (Rice, Tamara Talbot; Rice, T. Talbot; R., T. T.)

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artists:

Borovikovsky, Vladimir

artists:

Yaroshenko, Nikolay

artists:

Kiprensky, Orest

artists:

Tropinin, Vasily

artists:

Makovsky, Vladimir

artists:

Serov, Valentin

artists:

Vrubel, Mikhail

artists:

Surikov, Vasily

artists:

Vereschagin, Vasily

artists:

Kramskoy, Ivan

artists:

Perov, Vasily

artists:

Fedotov, Pavel

artists:

Venetsianov, Aleksey

artists:

Ivanov, Dmitri Ivanovich

artists:

Bryullov, Karl

dates:

1800-1899

dates:

1950-1959

museums and institutions:

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain

places:

Russia

subjects:

Russian painting

subjects:

Exhibitions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

11. The Hermit Feodosy Boretsky Handing the Sword of Ratmir to Miroslav, by Dmitry Ivanovich Inanov [Ivanov]. 1808. Canvas, 160.3 by 196 cm. (Russian Museum, Leningrad.)

Attributed works:

12. Portrait of Konstantin Georgiyevich Ravich, by Vasily Andreyevich Tropinin. 1825. Canvas, 66 by 52 cm. (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.)

Attributed works:

13. Portrait of Nestor Vasilyevich Kukolnik, by Karl Pavlovich Bryullov. 1836. Canvas, 117 by 81.7 cm. (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.)

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14. Self-Portrait (?), by Orest Adamovich Kiprensky. 1822-3. Canvas, 76 by 62 cm. (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.)

Attributed works:

15. Peasant Girl with a Scythe and a Rake ('Pelageya'), by Alexei Gavrilovich Venetsianov. Panel, 22.5 by 17.5 cm. (Russian Museum, Leningrad.)

Attributed works:

16. A Girl Student, by Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko. Signed and Dated 1883. Canvas, 134 by 83 cm. (Museum of Russian Art, Kiev.)

Attributed works:

17. A poor Aristocrat's Breakfast, by Pavel Andreyevich Fedotov. Canvas, 51 by 42 cm. (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.)

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