|
|
 |
| Click Image to Enlarge |
Capturing of Swedish 44-gun frigate Venus by Russian 22-gun cutter Merkuriy of June 1, 1789.
new25/Alexey Bogolyubov-347798.jpg
|
|
|
|
|
Capturing_of_Swedish_44-gun_frigate_Venus_by_Russian_22-gun_cutter_Merkuriy_of_June_1,_1789.
1845(1845)
Medium oil on canvas
cjr
|
|
 |
| Click Image to Enlarge |
View to Michael's Castle in Petersburg from Lebiazhy Canal
new26/Alexey Bogolyubov-798334.jpg
|
|
|
|
|
View_to_Michael's_Castle_in_Petersburg_from_Lebiazhy_Canal
Oil on Canvas, 1880s.
cjr
|
|
 |
| Click Image to Enlarge |
The final moments of the imperial yacht
new26/Alexey Bogolyubov-494979.jpg
|
|
|
|
|
The_final_moments_of_the_imperial_yacht
1878(1878)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 73.5 x 121 cm
cyf
|
|
 |
| Click Image to Enlarge |
View of Frantiskovy Lazne
new26/Alexey Bogolyubov-747856.jpg
|
|
|
|
|
View_of_Frantiskovy_Lazne
oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
Dimensions 31.25 x 49 cm
cyf
|
|
|
| Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
Alexey_Bogolyubov
16 March 1824 - 3 February 1896) was a Russian landscape painter.
Bogolyubov was born in the Pomeranian village of Novgorod Gubernia. His father was retired colonel Pyotr Gavriilovich Bogolyubov. Bogolyubov's maternal grandfather was the well-known philosopher and social critic Alexander Radishchev.
In 1841, Alexey graduated from military school, serving in the Russian Navy and travelling with the fleet to many countries. In 1849, he started to attend classes of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he studied under Maxim Vorobiev. The young painter was greatly influenced by Ivan Ayvazovsky. In 1853, he finished the Academy with a major Gold medal. He retired as a navy officer and was appointed an artist to the Navy headquarters.
From 1854 to 1860, he travelled around Europe and worked prolifically. In Rome, he was acquainted with Alexander Ivanov, who convinced Bogolyubov to focus more on drawing. In Desseldorf, Bogolyubov took classes from the painter Andreas Achenbach. In Paris, he admired the artists of the Barbizon School. French painters Camille Corot and Charles François Daubigny were good friends and collaborators with Bogolyubov.
Bogolyubov returned to Russia in 1860. He exhibited his works in the Academy and received the title of professor. For some time, he taught in the Academy. In the 1860s, he traveled along the Volga. His paintings lost all traces of Romanticism, replacing that element with staunch realism of the natural. In 1871 he was elected to the Imperial Academy of Arts.
Sailing ships, 1860From 1870, he became close to the The Wanderers art movement, participated in all their exhibitions. He became a member of their board. Much older than most of the other members of the movement, he had reservations on their social ideas. In 1873, Bogolyubov left the ? in solidarity with his fellow Itinerants. He even tried to create an alternative Russian Academy of Arts in Rome.
|
|
| Wholesale China Oil Painting Wholesale Oil Painting China Xiamen Portrait Reproduction on canvas Chinese Oil Painting Wholesale USA Oil Painting |
|
