Count Fyodor Tolstoy by Sergey Zaryanko (1850)

Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy (Russian: Фёдор Петрович Толстой; 10 February 1783 – 17 April 1873) was a Russian artist who served as Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years (1828-1868). His works — wax-reliefs, watercolours, medallions, silhouettes - are distinguished by cool detachment and a spare and economical classicism. is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The edifice for the academy was built in 1764-89 to a design by Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe and Alexander F. Kokorinov. ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Fyodor Tolstoy came from the Tolstoy family. His father Count Pyotr Tolstoy governed a ministry of war supplies. Tolstoy early began to paint under the direction of his mother, Elizabeth Barbot-de-Marni. His first drawings, which are now stored in the Tretyakov Gallery, were made when he was 4 years old. At the age of nine he went to the foster care of his rich and influential uncle, Count Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy. Coat of arms of the Tolstoy family Tolstoy, or Tolstoi (Russian: ) is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy (i. ... State Tretyakov Gallery (2006) The State Tretyakov Gallery (Russian: , Russian: ), in Moscow, Russia, is the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. ... Fosterage was a traditional custom in the Hebrides. ... Portrait by George Dawe in the Military Gallery Count Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy (Russian: ) (1769 – 28 September 1844) was a Russian general and statesman. ...

In his colored wax medallion People's militia of 1812 (1816), Tolstoy owes a debt to David's "Oath of the Horatii" and to the ceramics of Josiah Wedgwood.

A year later, Fyodor entered the Jesuit college of Gavriil Gruber in Polotsk. Here he studied painting as well as the sciences. Upon his ascension to the throne, Emperor Paul I summoned Pyotr Tolstoy to Saint Petersburg, and Fyodor Petrovich returned to his parents. At the same time his father was fired, and the family's circumstances deteriorated. Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 – December 29, 1825) was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the prominent painter of the era. ... This article is about the eldest Josiah Wedgwood. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Polatsk (Belarusian: По́лацак, По́лацк; Polish: Połock, also spelt as Polacak; Russian: По́лоцк, also transliterated as Polotsk, Polotzk, Polock) is the most historic city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina river. ... Paul I of Russia (Russian: ; Pavel Petrovich) (October 1, 1754-March 23, 1801) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. ... 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...

From June 1798 to June 1802 Fyodor Petrovich was educated in the Naval Cadet Corps. After finishing he continued his education under the direction of famous scientists. He studied mathematics, astronomy, political economy, zoology, archaeology and numismatics. He also frequented the riding academy and became a dashing horseman. Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1802 (MDCCCII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Astronomy (disambiguation). ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political economy was the original term for the study of production, the acts of buying and selling, and their relationships to laws, customs and government. ... Zoology (from Greek: ζῴον, zoion, animal; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... For referencing in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Citing sources. ... Numismatics is the scientific study of currency and its history in all its varied forms. ...

In this time, without any supervision he painted still lives, portraits and landscapes. After his father showed him a cameo depicting Napoleon, he started to learn the art of the medallist. Tolstoy visited the Imperial Academy of Arts classes of plastic arts. One of his teachers was the most fashionable Russian portraitist of the time, Orest Kiprensky. A still life is a work of art which represents a subject composed of inanimate objects. ... For other uses, see Portrait (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 2002 Lincoln cent, obverse, proof with cameo Cameo is a method of carving, or an item of jewelry made in this manner. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Self Portrait 1828 Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (Russian: 24 March (O.S. 13 March) 1782-17 October (O.S. 5 October) 1836) was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. ...

In 1804 Fyodor Tolstoy was appointed an adjutant of Admiral Pavel Chichagov and was forced to retire. From 1806 he worked in the Hermitage Museum. In 1806 he painted the Confidence of Alexander of Macedon to doctor Philipp, the Judgement of Paris, the Labours of Hercules, etc. For his wax bas-relief the Triumphal entrance of Alexander of Macedon into Babylon (1809, now in the Hermitage Museum) Tolstoy was elected an honorable member of the Academy of Arts. 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Adjutant is a military rank or appointment. ... Admiral Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov (1767-1849) was the son of Admiral Vasili Chichagov and his English wife. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The State Hermitage Museum (Russian: ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the world, with 3 million works of art (not all on display at once), [1] and one of the oldest art galleries and museums of human history and culture in the world. ... Bust of Alexander the Great in the British Museum. ... The Judgment of Paris, Peter Paul Rubens, ca 1636 (National Gallery, London) For the wine-tasting event known as The Judgment of Paris, see Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, in which the legendary roots of the Trojan War can be... Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ... For other uses, see Babylon (disambiguation). ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Family Portrait (1830)

From 23 September 1810 he worked in the Department of the Mint and became the founder of medal working in Russia. After the battle of Leipzig he began a series of twenty-four medallions devoted to the major battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Tolstoy's medallions acquired wide reputation not only in Russia, but also abroad. He was elected a member of almost all the European academies of fine arts. In 1861 he made his last medal, dedicated to the Emancipation of the serfs. Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Belligerents French Empire Italy Naples Duchy of Warsaw Saxony[1] Russia Austria Prussia Sweden Saxony[1] Commanders Napoleon I Jozef Antoni Poniatowski â€  Frederick Augustus Prince of Schwarzenberg Gebhard von Blücher Carl Johan Barclay De Tolly Count Benningsen Strength 195,000[2] 365,000[2] Casualties and losses 38,000... Combatants Austria[a] Portugal Prussia[a] Russia[b] Sicily[c] Sardinia  Spain[d]  Sweden[e] United Kingdom French Empire Holland[f] Italy Etruria[g] Naples[h] Duchy of Warsaw[i] Confederation of the Rhine[j] Bavaria Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Denmark-Norway[k] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia performed by tsar Alexander II of Russia amounted to liquidation of serf dependence of Russian peasants. ...

From 1820 to 1833 he employed a Neoclassical technique of "raw sketch" (refined outline drawings without shading and hatchwork) to execute 63 illustrations for the Dushenka of Ippolit Bogdanovich. As regards painting, Tolstoy specialized in interior scenes, full of symmetrical lines and Neoclassical statuary. His Family Portrait (1830) "betrays a Romantic fascination with both psychological detail and tricks of lighting, perspective, and frames".^[1] 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Late Baroque classicizing: G. P. Pannini assembles the canon of Roman ruins and Roman sculpture into one vast imaginary gallery (1756) Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that... Ippolit Fyodorovich Bogdanovich (December 23, 1743, Perevolochna – January 18, 1803, Kursk) was a Russian classicist author of light poetry, best known for his long poem Dushenka (1778). ...

In 1816 he became involved in freemasonry, more lately participated in the organization of the so-called "Lancasterian schools", the purpose of which was the propagation of literacy. Although he was close to the founding fathers of the Decembrist societies, Tolstoy did not participate in their unsuccessful revolt. In 1826 he wrote for Nicholas I treatises About the moral state of troops of Russia and About the state of the Russian Empire in connection to its internal organization, in which he proposed a series of legislative, social and tax reforms. Year 1816 (MDCCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Freemasons redirects here. ... This article is about the failed Russian revolt. ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nicholas I (Russian: Николай I Павлович, Nikolaj I Pavlovič), July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796 – March 2 (18 February Old Style), 1855), was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. ...

One of Tolstoy's Neoclassical illustrations to Dushenka (1820-33).

In 1838 Tolstoy composed a ballet The Aeolian Harp: he wrote the libretto, carried out sketches for costumes and in more than sixty pictures he determined the choreography; in 1842 he composed a second ballet based on Greek myth, Echo. Unfortunately, neither of them was mounted. Image File history File linksMetadata Dushenka. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Dushenka. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Aeolian harp in the old castle of Baden Baden, from an article in Scientific American Supplement, No. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Pushkin, who regarded Tolstoy as the finest of contemporary Russian artists, referred to him, not surprisingly, in his novel Eugene Onegin. In a 1825 letter to his brother, Pushkin asked him to procure a vignette for the new edition of his poems: "What about having it done by Tolstoy's magic brush? No - too expensive, but how terrifically sweet" (the last line is taken from Ivan Dmitriev's fable "The Fashionable Woman").^[2] Pushkin may refer to: People Aleksandr Pushkin - a famous Russian poet Apollo Mussin-Pushkin - chemist and plant collector Aleksei Musin-Pushkin - statesman, historian, art collector Other Pushkin, a town in Russia Pushkin Square - square in Moscow Pushkin Museum - fine arts museum in Moscow This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Eugene Onegin (Russian: Евгений Онегин, BGN/PCGN: Yevgeniy Onegin) is a novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin. ... Year 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The word vignette has several meanings, depending on the context. ... Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev (September 21, 1760-October 15, 1837) was a Russian statesman and poet associated with the sentamentalist movement in Russian literature. ...

References

• This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896 - 1918.

1. ^ Romanticism in National Context (ed. by Roy Porter, Mikulas Teich). Cambridge University Press, 1988. ISBN 0-521-33913-8. Page 305.
2. ^ Vladimir Nabokov. Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse: Commentary. Princeton University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-691-01904-5. Page 443.

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External links

• (English) Tolstoy's works on www.abcgallery.com
• (Russian) Biography
• (Russian) Biography and some works