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Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov (Russian: Ива́н Я́ковлевич Вишняко́в; 1699, in
Обзор творчества Ивана Яковлевича Вишнякова
(brief biography and artwork)
File:Anna Leopoldovna in orange dress by I.Vishnyakov (1740s, Russian museum).jpg, Grand Duchess
RusArtNet: Brief biography
Icons by Vishnyakov {{DEFAULTSORT:Vishnyakov, Ivan Yakovlevich 1699 births 1761 deaths 18th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters
Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov (Russian: Ива́н Я́ковлевич Вишняко́в; 1699, in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
– 1761, in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) was a Russian portrait painter and muralist
A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage.
Word mural in art
The word ''mural'' is a Spanish ...
in the Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...
style.Обзор творчества Ивана Яковлевича Вишнякова
(brief biography and artwork)
Life and works
He was briefly apprenticed to be a varnisher, then was sent to the "Канцелярия от строений" (Chancellory of Buildings) in 1727, where he studied underLouis Caravaque
Louis Caravaque (, Marseilles, 1684–1754, St. Petersburg) was a French portrait painter who worked in Russia.
Life
Caravaque was born in Marseilles, in a family of a painter-decorator who specialised in painting ships from Gascony. Caravaque ...
, a French portrait painter living in Russia, and Andrey Matveyev
Count Andrey Artamonovich Matveev (russian: Андрей Артамонович Матвеев) (1666–1728) was a Russian statesman of the Petrine epoch best remembered as one of the first Russian ambassadors and Peter the Great's agent in Lon ...
. He qualified as a master painter in 1739 and became head of the Chancellory after Matveyev's early death.
He painted murals in many of the palaces and churches of Saint Petersburg and its suburbs, including the Summer Palace
The Summer Palace () is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill () Kunming Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge. It covers an expanse of , three-quarter ...
, the Anichkov Palace
The Anichkov Palace, a former imperial palace in Saint Petersburg, stands at the intersection of Nevsky Avenue and the Fontanka River.
History 18th century
The palace, situated on the plot formerly owned by Antonio de Vieira (1682?-1745), ta ...
and the Winter Palace
The Winter Palace ( rus, Зимний дворец, Zimnij dvorets, p=ˈzʲimnʲɪj dvɐˈrʲɛts) is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the Emperor of all the Russias, Russian Emperor from 1732 to 1917. The p ...
. He also did portraits and icons, restored paintings and appraised the works of foreign artists. His portraits were among the first to depart from the flat, static style favored at the Imperial Court. Among his best-known students were Alexei Antropov
Alexei Petrovich Antropov (russian: Алексей Петрович Антропов; – ) was a Russian painter active primarily in St. Petersburg, where he was born and died. He also worked in Moscow and frescoed churches in Kiev. His pre ...
, Alexei Ivanovich Belsky
Alexei Ivanovich Belsky (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Бе́льский; 1726, Saint Petersburg - 21 May 1796, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter. He was part of the "Belsky Dynasty" of painters of the Eighteenth Century and ...
and Ivan Firsov
Ivan Firsov (Russian: Иван Иванович Фирсов, c.1733 in Moscow – c.1785 in Saint-Petersburg) was a Russian painter.
Life
He studied and worked at the "Chancellory of Buildings" (Канцелярия от строений) fr ...
.
In 1740, he attained the rank of Court Counselor (a civil ranking equal to lieutenant-colonel) and, in 1752, became a Collegiate Assessor, which entitled him to be addressed as "Your Excellency".
Other notable portraits
Anna Leopoldovna
Anna Leopoldovna (russian: А́нна Леопо́льдовна; 18 December 1718 – 19 March 1746), born Elisabeth Katharina Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and also known as Anna Carlovna (А́нна Ка́рловна), was regent of R ...
(c. 1740)
File:Portrait of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna by Ivan Vishnyakov.jpg, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna
Elizabeth Petrovna (russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна) (), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian ...
(1743)
File:Ivan Vishnyakov 08.jpg, Vasily Daragan (1745)
File:Ivan Vishnyakov 05.jpg, Matvey Semyonovich Begichev (1757)
References
Further reading
* Uspensky, А.: ''Словарь художников, в XVIII веке писавших в императорских дворцах'' (Dictionary of Artists in the 18th Century). (1913). * Lebedev, G.:''Русская живопись первой половины XVIII века'' (Russian Painting in the First Half of the 18th Century) (1938). * Ilina, Т. V.: ''Иван Яковлевич Вишняков: Жизнь и творчество'' (Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov: Life and Work) Искусство (1979)External links
RusArtNet: Brief biography
Icons by Vishnyakov {{DEFAULTSORT:Vishnyakov, Ivan Yakovlevich 1699 births 1761 deaths 18th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters