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Andrey Matveyev (Russian: Андрей Матвеевич Матвеев. 1701 – 23 April 1739) was a Russian artist. He was one of that nation's earliest modern-style portrait painters and helped to establish the genre.
Olga's Gallery: Andrey Matveev
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Andrey Matveyev (Russian: Андрей Матвеевич Матвеев. 1701 – 23 April 1739) was a Russian artist. He was one of that nation's earliest modern-style portrait painters and helped to establish the genre.
Biography
He was born inNovgorod
Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
in 1701 but the names of his parents are unknown.
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
, having somehow become acquainted and impressed with Matveyev's early work, sent him to study in Europe. Beginning in 1716, he spent eleven years in the Netherlands and Flanders where he worked under Carel de Moor
Carel de Moor (25 February 1655 – 16 February 1738) was a Dutch Golden Age etcher and painter. He was a pupil of Gerard Dou.
Biography
Carel de Moor was born in Leiden. According to Houbraken, his father was an art dealer who wanted him to s ...
. From 1723-1727 he attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp ( nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) is an art academy located in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. It was founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger, ...
. He was the first Russian artist taught entirely outside of Russia.
In 1727, he returned home, where he became the Chief Artist at the Court in Saint Petersburg. From c.1731, he was the head of a team of painters who worked on several architectural projects, including interiors at the Peter and Paul Cathedral and a triumphal arch in honor of Empress Anna Ivanovna. His early death is believed to be the result of his heavy work load.
His most often reproduced work is a self-portrait with his wife. There is an alternative version of the painting, also attributed to Matveyev, which has been identified as Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick with Anna Leopoldovna.N. M. Moleva and E. M. Belyutin: ''Живописных дел мастера: Канцелярия живописи первой пол''. (Paintings of the Masters, Eighteenth Century) — Moscow, Искусство, 1965
He died in Saint Petersburg.
References
Further reading
* T. B. Ilina and C. V. Rimsky-Korsakov: ''Андрей Матвеев''. — Moscow, 1984. * ''La France et la Russie au Siècle des Lumières : relations culturelles et artistiques de la France et de la Russie au XVIIIe siècle'', Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, 1986External links
Olga's Gallery: Andrey Matveev
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