Viktor Hartmann

Viktor Alexandrovich Hartmann (Russian: Виктор Александрович Гартман; b. 5 May 1834 in St Petersburg; d. 4 August 1873 in Kireyevo near Moscow) was a Russian architect, sculptor and painter of Volga German ancestry. He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony and Russian Revival. Image File history File links Viktor_Gartman. ... Image File history File links Viktor_Gartman. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (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... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Volga German pioneer family commemorative statue in Victoria, Kansas, USA. The Volga Germans (German: or - incorrectly - Russlanddeutsche) were ethnic Germans living near the Volga River in the region of southern European Russia around Saratov and to the south, maintaining German culture, language, traditions and religions: Evangelical Lutheranism, Reformed and Roman... The Abramtsevo Colony is a late 19th century estate in Russia, about 50 miles north of Moscow, that became a center for artistic activity. ...

Life

Hartmann was orphaned at a young age and grew up in St Petersburg in the house of his uncle, who was a well-known architect. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg and at first started working by illustrating books. The edifice for the academy was built in 1764-89 to a design by Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe and Alexander F. Kokorinov. ...

He also worked as an architect and sketched, among other things, the the monument to the thousandth anniversary of Russia in Novgorod, which was inaugurated in 1862. He made most of his water colors and pencil drawings on journeys abroad in the years 1864 to 1868. Together with Ivan Ropet, Hartmann was one of the first artists to include traditional Russian motifs in his work. The Millennium of Russia (1862). ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ... Ropets design of Russias pavilion at the 1878 World Fair in Paris. ...

Since Vladimir Stasov had introduced him to the circle of Mily Balakirev in 1870, he had been a close friend of the composer Modest Mussorgsky. Following Hartmann's early death from an aneurism at the age of only 39, an exhibition of over 400 of his paintings was displayed in the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, in February and March 1874. This inspired Mussorgsky to compose his suite Pictures at an Exhibition. Most of this collection of underlying works is now lost. Stasov is a quintessential family of Russian intelligentsia. ... Balakirevs grave at Tikhvin Cemetery. ... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: , Modest Petrovič Musorgskij, French: ) (March 9/21, 1839 – March 16/28, 1881), one of the Russian composers known as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. ... An aneurysm (or aneurism) (from Gr. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Mussorgsky in 1874 Pictures at an Exhibition (Russian: , Kartinki s vystavki, Little Pictures from an Exhibition) is a famous suite of ten piano pieces composed by Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. ...

Gallery

Design for the Naval department of Russia's pavilion at the Vienna World Fair of 1873 Image File history File links Ruhartmann. ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 UN complex in Vienna, with the non-affiliated Austria Center Vienna in front - picture taken from Danube Tower in nearby Danube Park. ... The Weltausstellung 1873 Wien was the large World exposition which was held in 1873 in the Austrian-hungarian capital of Vienna. ...	Sketch for the Ballet 'Trilby' Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (691x831, 142 KB) Summary PD-Old Licensing The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100...	The Rich Jew Image File history File links The_Rich_Jew. ...	The Poor Jew Image File history File links The_Poor_Jew. ...
The Paris Catacombs Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (828x620, 89 KB) Summary PD-Old Licensing The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100...	Plan for a City Gate in Kiev Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (641x868, 103 KB) Summary This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less. ...

References

• Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language wikipedia article (retrieved 28 July 2005).

External links

• Harmann's Pictures
• Reproductions of Viktor Hartmann's pictures
• (Japanese) More reproductions of Viktor Hartmann's pictures