Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov, 1870s

Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov 1830 – 1897 was a Russian landscape painter and creator of the lyrical landscape]] style. 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Biography

Savrasov was born into the family of a merchant. He began to draw early and in 1838 he enrolled as a student of professor Rabus at the Moscow School of painting, sculpturing and architecture (graduated in 1850), and immediately began to specialize in landscape painting. 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... School of painting, sculpturing and architecture - the Moscow school of painting, sculpturing and the architecture, the largest alongside with St. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1852, he traveled to the Ukraine. Then, in 1854 by the invitation of the Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna, president of the Russian Academy of Arts, he moved to the neighborhood of Saint Petersburg. In 1857, Savrasov became a teacher in the Moscow School of painting, sculpturing and architecture. His best disciples, Isaac Levitan and Constantin Korovin, remembered their teacher with admiration and gratitude. 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... School of painting, sculpturing and architecture - the Moscow school of painting, sculpturing and the architecture, the largest alongside with St. ... Levitan. ...

The Rooks have Come Back

In 1857 he married Sophia Carlovna Hertz, sister of art historian K. Hertz. In their home they entertained artistic people and collectors including Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov. Savrasov became especially close with Vasily Perov. Perov helped him paint the figures of the boat trackers in Savrasov's Volga near Yurievets, Savrasov painted landscapes for Perov's Bird catcher and Hunters on Bivouac. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Tretyakovs portrait by Repin (1883) Tretyakov Pavel Mikhailovich (1832 - 1898) was a businessman, patron of art, collector, and philanthropist. ... Vasily Grigorevich Perov (Василий Григорьевич Перов in Russian) (December 21, 1833-May 29, 1882) — was a Russian painter, one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki. ... For other meanings of the word Volga see Volga (disambiguation) Волга Length 3,690 km Elevation of the source 225 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 1. ...

In the 1860s, he traveled to England to see the International Exhibition, and to Switzerland. In one of his letters he wrote No academies in the world could so advanced an artist as the present world exhibition. The painters who influenced him most were British painter John Constable and Swiss painter Alexandre Calame. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The International Exhibition of 1862, or Great London Exposition was a worlds fair. ... Categories: Stub | 1776 births | 1837 deaths | British painters | Romantic art | Suffolk | Romanticism ...

The Rooks Have Come Back (1871) is considered by many critics to be the high point in Savrasov’s artistic career. Using a common, even trivial, episode of birds returning home, and an extremely simple landscape, Savrasov emotionally showed the transition of nature from winter to spring. It was a new type of lyrical landscape painting, called later by critics the mood landscape. The painting brought him fame. 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1870 he became a member of Peredvizhniki group, breaking with government-sponsored academic art. 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Peredvizhniki (Передвижники, in Russian) - the Russian artists-realists entering into Company of mobile art exhibitions (1870-1923). ... Academic art was an art movement, and a style of painting that was in fashion in Europe from the 17th to the 19th century. ...

In 1871, after the death of his daughter, there was a crisis in his art. The misfortunes in his personal life, maybe dissatisfaction with his artistic career were the reasons of his tragedy — he became an alcoholic. All attempts of his relatives and friends to help him were in vain. 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The last years of his life Savrasov led the life of a pauper, wandering from shelter to shelter. Only the doorkeeper of the Moscow School of painting, sculpturing and architecture and Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov, founder of the Tretyakov Gallery, were present at his funeral in 1897. School of painting, sculpturing and architecture - the Moscow school of painting, sculpturing and the architecture, the largest alongside with St. ... Tretyakovs portrait by Repin (1883) Tretyakov Pavel Mikhailovich (1832 - 1898) was a businessman, patron of art, collector, and philanthropist. ... Portrait of Pavel Tretyakov (1883) The State Tretyakov Gallery is the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Some works

View of the Kremlin from Krimsky bridge in Inclement Weather.1851 Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ...	View in neibourhood of Oranienbaum. 1854 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...	Landscape with river and angler. 1859 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...	Rustic View 1867 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Winter Night. 1869 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...	Winter 1870 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...	Rooks have come back, 1871 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...	Monastery of Caves near Nizhniy Novgorod. 1871 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Sukharev Tower. 1872 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...	Rainbow. 1873 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...	Rafts. 1873 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...	Monastery Gates. 1875 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Early Spring. Thaw. 1880s	Spring. Kitchen gardens. 1893 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...	Sea of Mud. 1894 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Resources

• F.S. Maltseva, Aleksey Kondratyevich Savrasov, Leningrad, 1989, ISBN 5-7370-0175-X

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External Links

• Savrasov at Olga's Gallery]
• Savrasov biography in Russian