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Evgraf Fedorovich Krendovsky (Russian: Евграф Фёдорович Крендовский, 1810, Kremenchuk, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire — 1870s, unknown) was a Russian portrait, genre and
Русская Живопись: Biography
/ref> In 1835, family issues forced him to return to Kremenchuk, where he became the drawing tutor for a local landowner's family in nearbyRusArtNet: Biography
/ref> Despite being relatively isolated in the provinces, some of his best-known works were created during the 1840s, some of which are now in the Tretyakov Gallery. Slightly more than twenty paintings constitute his entire known output. His last extant work is dated 1853, and he may have operated a private art school in the 1860s. His fate after that point is unknown, although it is generally believed that he lived at his brother's estate near Arzamas and died sometime during the 1870s.
File:Evgraf Krendovskiy - Ukrainka.jpg, Ukrainian Woman
(date unknown) File:Evgraf Krendovskiy - A.A. Bashilov with family.jpg, Alexander Bashilov with His Family (1830) File:Evgraf Krendovskiy - To hunt.jpg, To the Hunt (1836) File:Evgraf Krendovsky. Children. Daughters of the Artist.JPG, The Artist's Daughters (1845)
Evgraf Fedorovich Krendovsky (Russian: Евграф Фёдорович Крендовский, 1810, Kremenchuk, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire — 1870s, unknown) was a Russian portrait, genre and interior portrait
The interior portrait (portrait d'intérieur) or, in German, Zimmerbild (room picture), is a pictorial genre that appeared in Europe near the end of the 17th century and enjoyed a great vogue in the second half of the 19th century. It involves a c ...
painter.
Biography
Little is known of his background. His father was apparently a constable of some sort so, as a young man, he worked at the police station in Arzamas, where he also attended the famous art school operated byAlexander Stupin
Alexander Vasilyevich Stupin (russian: Александр Васильевич Ступин; February 1776 in Arzamas – in Arzamas) was a Russian painter and art teacher. He founded and led the Arzamas School of Painting, Russia's first ...
. From 1830 to 1835, he lived in Saint Petersburg and studied with Alexey Venetsianov. At that time, he is known to have presented an exhibition at the Imperial Academy of Arts.Русская Живопись: Biography
/ref> In 1835, family issues forced him to return to Kremenchuk, where he became the drawing tutor for a local landowner's family in nearby
Poltava
Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...
Province. Four years later, on the basis of two paintings sent to the Academy, he was awarded the title of "Free Artist"./ref> Despite being relatively isolated in the provinces, some of his best-known works were created during the 1840s, some of which are now in the Tretyakov Gallery. Slightly more than twenty paintings constitute his entire known output. His last extant work is dated 1853, and he may have operated a private art school in the 1860s. His fate after that point is unknown, although it is generally believed that he lived at his brother's estate near Arzamas and died sometime during the 1870s.
Selected paintings
(date unknown) File:Evgraf Krendovskiy - A.A. Bashilov with family.jpg, Alexander Bashilov with His Family (1830) File:Evgraf Krendovskiy - To hunt.jpg, To the Hunt (1836) File:Evgraf Krendovsky. Children. Daughters of the Artist.JPG, The Artist's Daughters (1845)
References
Further reading
* М. N. Shumova. ''Русская живопись первой половины XIX века'' (Russian Painting of the First Half of the Nineteenth Century). Моscow, Искусство (1978) p. 92External links
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