Self-Portrait. 1934, oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (Russian: Игорь Эммануилович Грабарь, March 25, 1871, Budapest – May 16, 1960, Moscow) was a Soviet painter and a representative mainly of socialist realism. After being graduated from the department of law at Petersburg University he turned to art. Studied in the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1894 – 1896 and in Munich. In his early years Grabar was influenced by the jugendstil and later by impressionism, but his paintings "The Chrysanthema" and "The Uncleared Table" are closer to neoimpressionism. In 1913 - 1925 he was the head of the Tretyakov Gallery. Grabar was recognized as a People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1956 for his work in the areas of portrait painting and historical revolutionary themes. He also was a full memeber of Soviet Academy of Sciences (since 1943) and got a Stalin Prize (1941). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x793, 54 KB)Self-Portrait. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x793, 54 KB)Self-Portrait. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Budapest (pronounced ) is the capital city of Hungary and the countrys principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)  listen; tr. ... Stalin as an Organiser of the October Revolution by Karp Trokhimenko Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism. ... Seal of Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Университет) one of the oldest Russian educational institutions, established in the city of Saint Petersburg on January 28, 1724 by decree of Peter the Great. ... 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... The Imperial Academy of Arts, informally known as St Petersburg Academy of Arts, was opened by Count Ivan Shuvalov under the name of Academy of Three Noblest Arts in 1757. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ... Alfons Mucha, lithographed poster, 1898 Art Nouveau (French for New art) is an art and design style that peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century. ... Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ... Neoimpressionism was a late-19th century art movement led by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, who exhibited their early work in 1884 at the exhibition of the Societé des Artistes Indépendents in Paris. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Portrait of Pavel Tretyakov (1883) The State Tretyakov Gallery is the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Russian Academy of Sciences: main building Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

February Azure

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Notable paintings

• "A Lady with Dog" (1899)
• "The September Snow" (1903)
• "A White Winter. The Nests of Rooks" (1904)
• "The Day of the Rime" (1906)

"Lenin at the Direct Line"

The picture (Russian: "Ленин у прямого провода") was painted in 1933. However a Soviet military commander Alexander Yegorov, known as an enthusiastic collector of the battle-pieces, described this painting when it was named "Stalin at the South Front". When the cult of personality was debunked, Grabar repainted the picture and transfered the scene from the Front Stuff to Kremlin while the characters on the painting were regrouped. However "Lenin at the Direct Line" was recognized as a rather perfect in the sense of painting but the figure of Stalin could be seen in X-rays in the lower coat up to now. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ... Kremlin (Кремль) is the Russian word for citadel or castle and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historical Russian cities. ...

Many of Grabar's contemporaries called him the conformist and he was even nicknamed "Угорь Обмануилович" (Ugor Obmanuilovich - a Russian allusion to the eel and lie, similar to Grabar's original name and patronymic).

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