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Grigoriy Grigorievich Myasoyedov (russian: Григо́рий Григо́рьевич Мясое́дов; 19 April 1834, in Pankovo,
@ Bibliotekar
Having received a stipend for travelling from the Academy, he visited Paris, Florence, Rome and Spain on study trips. Upon returning to Russia in 1870, he was named an Academician. Shortly thereafter, he became one of the founders of the "Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (
Tula Governorate
Tula Governorate (russian: Тульская губерния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, located in the south of Moscow Governorate.
The Governate existed from 1796 to 1929; its s ...
– 31 December 1911, in 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 ...
) was a Russian Realist painter associated with the Peredvizhniki
Peredvizhniki ( rus, Передви́жники, , pʲɪrʲɪˈdvʲiʐnʲɪkʲɪ), often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who formed an artists' cooperative in protest of academic restr ...
movement.
Biography
His father was a member of the minorgentry
Gentry (from Old French ''genterie'', from ''gentil'', "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past.
Word similar to gentle imple and decentfamilies
''Gentry'', in its widest ...
, and was the author of a book titled ''The Statistical Economic Review of the Southern Part of Tula Guberniya''. He began his education at the Gymnasium in Oryol
Oryol ( rus, Орёл, p=ɐˈrʲɵl, lit. ''eagle''), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast situated on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Fed ...
, but didn't complete his studies before enrolling 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 ...
, where his instructors were Timofey Neff and Alexey Tarasovich Markov
Alexey Tarasovich Markov (russian: Алексей Тарасович Марков, 24 March 1802, Veliky Novgorod - 12 March 1878, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian history painter, academician and Professor Emeritus at the Imperial Academy of Art ...
. In 1862, he received a gold medal for his painting "The Flight of Grigory Otrepyev from the Inn" (a scene from ''Boris Godunov
Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv (; russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов; 1552 ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia as ''de facto'' regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. After the end of his ...
'' by Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
).Biography and paintings@ Bibliotekar
Having received a stipend for travelling from the Academy, he visited Paris, Florence, Rome and Spain on study trips. Upon returning to Russia in 1870, he was named an Academician. Shortly thereafter, he became one of the founders of the "Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (Peredvizhniki
Peredvizhniki ( rus, Передви́жники, , pʲɪrʲɪˈdvʲiʐnʲɪkʲɪ), often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who formed an artists' cooperative in protest of academic restr ...
), remaining a fervent participant and supporter for the rest of his life. In 1876, he went to live on a farm near Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.
From 1861 to 1881, he was married to the pianist Ekaterina Krivtsova, but separated from her when she was pregnant with his son , on the suspicion that Ivan was not his child.RusArtNet: Brief biography
/ref> He remarried shortly after (to the artist Kseniya Ivanova), but his suspicions lingered and he wouldn't allow Kseniya to treat Ivan as a son. For several years, Ivan was placed in the care of Myasoyedov's friend and colleague, Alexander Kiselyov. In 1883 Myasoyedov was the model for Ivan the Terrible in
File:Grigorij Grigorjewitsch Mjassojedow 001.jpg, The
Manifesto of 1861 (1881) File:Grigorij Grigorjewitsch Mjassojedow 003.jpg, Busy Time for the Mowers (1887)
Biography, appreciation and selected works
@ Russian Painting
@ Poltava History {{DEFAULTSORT:Myasoyedov, Grigoriy 1834 births 1911 deaths People from Oryol Oblast People from Novosilsky Uyezd Russian nobility Peredvizhniki 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Russian realist painters 20th-century Russian painters 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian male artists
/ref> He remarried shortly after (to the artist Kseniya Ivanova), but his suspicions lingered and he wouldn't allow Kseniya to treat Ivan as a son. For several years, Ivan was placed in the care of Myasoyedov's friend and colleague, Alexander Kiselyov. In 1883 Myasoyedov was the model for Ivan the Terrible in
Ilya Repin
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (russian: Илья Ефимович Репин, translit=Il'ya Yefimovich Repin, p=ˈrʲepʲɪn); fi, Ilja Jefimovitš Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is now Ukraine. He became one of the ...
's painting ''Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan
''Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581'' is a painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin made between 1883 and 1885. It depicts the grief-stricken Tsar of Russia Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, the Tsarevich Iv ...
''.
In 1889, he acquired a large manor house in 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 ...
, complete with a park, ponds and gardens, where Ivan rejoined the family. While there, he painted a curtain and designed scenery for the local theater. He also organized an art school in 1894 and wrote a book about gardening. He resigned from the Academy in 1902, in protest over their teaching methods.
Although he worked on a variety of subjects, he always had a fondness for religious painting and was planning a triptych
A triptych ( ; from the Greek language, Greek adjective ''τρίπτυχον'' "''triptukhon''" ("three-fold"), from ''tri'', i.e., "three" and ''ptysso'', i.e., "to fold" or ''ptyx'', i.e., "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) t ...
of "Holy Russia" when he died. After some bureaucratic wrangling over health permits, he was buried on his estate which, since 1926, has been home to the (PGO).
Selected paintings
Zemstvo
A ''zemstvo'' ( rus, земство, p=ˈzʲɛmstvə, plural ''zemstva'' – rus, земства) was an institution of local government set up during the great emancipation reform of 1861 carried out in Imperial Russia by Emperor Alexander ...
at Lunch (1872)
File:Grigoriy Myasoyedov Reading of the 1861 Manifesto 1873.jpg, Reading the Manifesto of 1861 (1881) File:Grigorij Grigorjewitsch Mjassojedow 003.jpg, Busy Time for the Mowers (1887)
References
Further reading
* Natalya Vladimirovna Masalina, ''Мясоедов'', Moscow, Искусство (1964)External links
Biography, appreciation and selected works
@ Russian Painting
@ Poltava History {{DEFAULTSORT:Myasoyedov, Grigoriy 1834 births 1911 deaths People from Oryol Oblast People from Novosilsky Uyezd Russian nobility Peredvizhniki 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Russian realist painters 20th-century Russian painters 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian male artists