Fyodor Ivanovich Iordan, or Jordan (russian: Фёдор Иванович Иордан; 13 August 1800 - 19 September 1883) was a Russian engraver and art professor. He was best known for portraits and reproductions of the
.
Biography
His father was the upholsterer for the Imperial Court.
He was enrolled in the primary school courses at the
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...
and, in 1819, entered the engraving class, serving as an apprentice of
Nikolai Utkin
Nikolai Ivanovich Utkin (russian: Николай Иванович Уткин; 19 May 1780 – 17 March 1863) was a Russian graphic artist, engraver and illustrator. He also served as curator of prints at the Hermitage and superintendent of the mu ...
.
[.] He graduated in 1824 and received a gold medal for his engraving, "Mercury lulls Argus", after a painting by . Shortly after, he was awarded another gold medal at one of the Academy's exhibitions for his rendering of the "Dying Abel", after a work by
Anton Losenko
Anton Pavlovich Losenko ( rus, Антон Павлович Лосенко; — ) was a Russian neoclassical painter and academician who lived in Imperial Russia and who specialized in historical subjects and portraits. He was one of the found ...
.
In 1829, he went to Paris, where he studied with
Théodore Richomme
Théodore Richomme (28 May 1785, Paris - 22 September 1849, Paris) was a French engraver. A street in the 18th arrondissement of Paris is named after him.
Life
A student of Jacques Joseph Coiny, Théodore Richomme won the prix de Rome in 1806. ...
. When the
July Revolution
The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution (french: révolution de Juillet), Second French Revolution, or ("Three Glorious ays), was a second French Revolution after the first in 1789. It led to the overthrow of King ...
began, he moved to London, continuing his studies with
Abraham Raimbach
Abraham Raimbach (16 February 1776 in London17 January 1843), was an English engraver of Swiss descent.
He was born in Cecil Court in the West End of London. Weinreb, Ben & Hibbert, Christopher (1983): ''The London Encyclopaedia,'' p. 129. E ...
and
John Henry Robinson
John Henry Robinson (1796–1871) was an English engraver.
Life
He was born at Bolton, Lancashire and was brought up in Staffordshire. At the age of 18 he became a pupil of James Heath (engraver), James Heath, for about two years.
Robinson was ...
.
In 1834, he settled in Rome where, at the urging of
Karl Briullov
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (russian: Карл Па́влович Брюлло́в; 12 December 1799 – 11 June 1852), original name Charles Bruleau, also transliterated Briullov and Briuloff, and referred to by his friends as "Karl the Great", was a ...
, he produced a huge engraving of the
''Transfiguration'' by Raphael, which took him twelve (some sources say fifteen) years to complete.
As a result of this work, he became an honorary member of the
Academy of Arts, Berlin
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The Academy's predecessor organization was fo ...
and the
Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
The Accademia delle Arti del Disegno ("Academy of the Arts of Drawing") is an academy of artists in Florence, Italy. Founded as Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno ("Academy and Company of the Arts of Drawing") on 13 January 1563 by ...
in Florence.
He was named an Academician by the Imperial Academy in 1844 and was awarded the title of Professor in 1850, when he returned to Saint Petersburg.
After the death of
Stepan Galaktionov
Stepan Filippovich Galaktionov (russian: Степан Филиппович Галактионов; 6 July 1779, Saint Petersburg4 December 1854, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian lithographer, graphic artist, and cityscape painter.
Biography
I ...
in 1854, he became head of the engraving department at the Academy and was appointed an assistant curator for prints and drawings at the
Hermitage.
The following year, he married Varvara Pushchin (1833-1916), a close relative of the poet,
Pyotr Pletnyov
Pyotr Alexandrovich Pletnyov (russian: Пётр Александрович Плетнёв; , Tebleshi, Tver Governorate — ) was a minor Russian poet and literary critic, who rose to become the dean of the Saint Petersburg University (1840 ...
. In 1861, he gave private engraving lessons to
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian p ...
.
[Taras Shevchenko. Works: "Dnepr", 1971, Vol. V, p. 176-177.] He was promoted to head curator of prints after the death of Nikolai Utkin in 1863. Eight years later, he became a Rector in the painting and sculpture departments (the only time this position has been held by an engraver)
and, in 1876, was named a superintendent in the mosaic division. Towards the end of his life, he was appointed
Privy Councilor
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.
Selected portraits
File:Iordan-Pavlovich.jpg, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich
File:Гравюра Ф. І. Йордана. Д. О. Ровинський.png, Dmitry Rovinsky
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Rovinsky (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Рови́нский; - 23 June 1895) was an art historian and compiler of reference albums on Russian portraits and engravings of the 18th to 19th centuries. ...
File:Гравюра Ф. І. Йордана. В. А. Каратигін.png, Vasily Karatygin
Vasily Andreevich Karatygin (russian: Василий Андреевич Каратыгин) (–-) was a leading actor of Russian Romanticism.
Karatygin joined the Bolshoi Theatre in St Petersburg in 1820 and moved to the Alexandrine Theatre in ...
File:Гравюра Ф. І. Йордана. Істоміна А. І..png, Avdotia Istomina
Evdokia or (informally) Avdotia Ilyinichna Istomina (; 1799–1848) was the most celebrated Russian Empire ballerina of the 19th century.
Biography
She was orphaned at a young age, but was accepted into the Imperial Theater School, where childr ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Fyodor Iordanat the
Russian Academy of Arts
Russian Academy of Arts (RAKh / rus. РАХ, Росси́йская акаде́мия худо́жеств) is the State scientific Institution of Russian Federation, eligible heir to the USSR Academy of Arts. RAKh is the public cultural Insti ...
' official website
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1800 births
1883 deaths
Engravers from the Russian Empire
People from Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg
Art directors from the Russian Empire
Curators from Saint Petersburg