Ernst Friedrich von Liphart
Ernst Friedrich von Liphart | |
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Leningrad, Soviet Union | |
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1893) Full Member Academy of Arts (1902) |
Baron Ernst Friedrich von Liphart (1847–1932), russified as Ernst Karlovich Lipgart[a] and also referred to in English as Earnest Lipgart, was a painter, a noted art expert and art collector from what is now Tartu in Estonia. After living for a time in Florence, he moved to France and then to Russia, where he was a curator at the Hermitage Museum.
Life
Liphart was born in
Travels in Spain and Italy
Liphart accompanied his father on his travels, starting in 1860.
Paris
Liphart was disinherited by his father in 1873 after he converted to
Saint Petersburg
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In 1886 Liphart moved to
Ernst's father died in Florence in 1904. After his death his art collection was moved back to Estonia, where it was combined with his family's collection at Raadi Manor.[3] Liphart's home was still in Russia, where he taught at the Drawing School of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in Saint Petersburg in the 1890s, where his students included Eugene Lanceray.[8] under Jan Tsionglinsky and Liphart.[9]
Liphart was appointed to several Russian learned societies and he became the curator of paintings at the
The Liphart art collection that had been at the family residence was moved after the
In 1921 he was evicted from his house and his daughter was executed for harbouring a White Army officer. Before he died, Liphart wrote a novel and a play.[2]
Selected works
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Florence Theleur, Lady Alexander
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Bippen Alexander Nikolaevich
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Apotheosis of Christ
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Allegory of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marqués del Vasto
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Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia as a widow
Notes
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References
- ^ History of Manor Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, Eesti. Rahva Muuseum, retrieved 30 December 2013
- ^ a b c d e f Baron Ernst Friedrich von Liphart, RusArtNet.com, retrieved 31 December 2013
- ^ a b c The Environs of Plymouth Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, rehs.com, retrieved 31 December 2013
- ^ Ernst Friederich von Liphart, Master Paintings, retrieved 3 January 2014
- ^ Baron Ernst Friedrich von Liphart, RusArtNet.com, retrieved 30 December 2013
- ^ Yusupov Palace Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, intertimes.ru, retrieved 3 January 2014
- ^ Grand Piano, Liphart, 1898, nicholasandalexandra.com, retrieved 4 January 2014
- ^ Bown, Matthew Cullerne. "Art Under Stalin", page 243. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1991.
- ISBN 1780429754.
- ^ a b c Directors of the Imperial Hermitage Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Hermitage Museum, retrieved 3 January 2014
- ^ Graphic Art Archived 2014-01-01 at the Wayback Machine, University of Tartu Art Museum, retrieved 31 December 2013
External links
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