Valery Ivanovich Jacobi (russian: Валерий Иванович Якоби or Якобий; , Kudryakovo, Kazan Governorate,
Russia
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- 13 May 1902,
Nice
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,
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Pavel Jacobi
Pavel Ivanovich Jacobi (russian: Павел Иванович Якоби or Якобий; , Kazan - ) was a Russian Empire revolutionary socialist, member of the Land and Liberty society, ethnographer and physician.''Valery Jacobi'' in
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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Biography
Valery Jacobi was born to a family of an estate owner and started his education in the Kazan University, but broke off studying to enlist in the Russian Army (Siberian Volunteer Corps''Valery Jacobi'' on Pointart library) during the
Crimean War
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. In 1856 after retirement from the Army he decided to abandon his University studies and pursue an artistic career instead.
In 1856-1861 he studied at the
Imperial Academy of Arts
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, receiving a small gold medal for his painting "Serene Holiday of a Beggar" (1860). In 1861 he painted what may be his most notable painting "The Prisoner's Rest". In 1861-1869 Jacobi traveled to Europe with an Academy grant, visiting
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Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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France
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and
Italy
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.
In 1870 Jacobi became one of the founding members of the Peredvizhniki art society. But in 1872 he was excluded for his failure to participate in a society exhibition and his general disagreement with the ideals of the society. Later he was considered a conservative, sceptical to the Peredvizhniki's ideas.
Jacobi was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts after 1868, became a professor in 1871 and taught at the Academy from 1878-1889. He lived mostly in Saint Petersburg creating historical paintings like "Jesters at the Court of Anna Ioanovna" (1872), "Ice Palace" (1878), etc. His works were criticized as purely decorative and lacking in substance.
After a major reorganization of the Academy in 1891, he was dismissed and began dividing his time between Saint Petersburg, Algeria and France. Jacobi died in
Nice
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in 1902.
Works
File:JacobiSereneHoliday.jpg, ''Serene Holiday of a Beggar'' (1860)
File:YakobiVI PrivalArestantGTG.jpg, ''The Prisoner's Rest'' (1861)
File:Valery Jacobi Ninth Thermidor.jpg, '' Ninth Thermidor'' (1864)
File:Jesters_of_empress_Anna_Ioanovna_by_V.Jacobi_(1872).jpg, ''Jesters at the Court of Empress
Anna
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* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
'' (1878)
File:Valery Jacobi An Oriental Beauty.jpg, ''An Oriental Beauty'' (1881)
File:Jacobi InaguarationofAcademy.jpg, ''The Inauguration of the
Academy of Arts
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