Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (painter)
Nikolai Kuznetsov | |
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Born | |
Died | March 2, 1929 | (aged 78)
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1895) Full Member Academy of Arts (1900) |
Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1880) |
Occupation(s) | Artist and art teacher |
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Кузнецов; 14 December [O.S. 2 December] 1850 – 2 March 1929) was a Ukrainian painter and art professor at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts. His work consists primarily of portraits and genre scenes.
Biography
He was the son of a wealthy landowner and began school in
Following graduation, he was a frequent exhibitor throughout Russia and Ukraine and received numerous commissions. Among his portrait sitters were
After an accident in 1889, he had to walk on crutches, so he worked entirely in a studio at his estate, which became a meeting place for the creative community, including figures such as
In 1920, during the Russian Civil War, as the White Army retreated, he and his family emigrated to Yugoslavia, eventually settling in Sarajevo, where he died in 1929.[1]
His daughter was the opera singer
Selected portraits
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Young Girl (1891)
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Apollinary Vasnetsov (1897)
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Fyodor Chaliapin(1902)
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Yefim Volkov (1885)
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His daughter in costume for the opera Mazeppa (1907)
Selected paintings
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Touring the Property (1879)
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On Holiday (Girl resting on the grass) (1879—1881)
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On Leave (1882)
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Sleeping girl (1893)
References
- ^ a b c d e Brief biography @ UnaLib.
- ^ a b Biographical notes Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine @ "Korners".
External links
Media related to Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov at Wikimedia Commons