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1806–1858

Painter and graphic artist. Master of historical painting, landscape artist, genre art painter and portraitist. Son of A.I. Ivanov, an artist and professor at the Academy of Arts. During 1817-1828, he studied at the Academy of Arts. His teachers were A.Ye.Yegorov and V.K.Shebuyev. In 1830 the Society for the Encouragement of Artist financed his trip to Italy. He also visited Austria and Germany. In 1831 he settled in Rome. At the beginning of 1830, A.Ivanov met N.M.Rozhalin, a member of the Society of Lubomudri, who intrigued him with F.W.Schelling’s philosophical study. This later influenced him and became the idea behind Ivanov's painting "Apollo, Hyacinthus and Cyparissus Singing and Playing Music" (1831-1834). In 1836 he was awarded with the title of Academician for his painting "The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene" (The State Russian Museum). In 1834 and 1839 he travelled to the North of Italy and studied Venetian painting, he visited Naples frequently. By 1833 the idea for the painting "The Appearance of Christ to the People (The Appearance of the Messiah)" was already formed. Nevertheless, the artist only started work on this grand painting in 1838 and he continued on the project until 1857. In 1838 A.A.Ivanov got to know N.V.Gogol, who shared the artist's ideas regarding the enlightening duty of the arts and the messianic role of the artist. In 1846 Ivanov set off for Sicily. This period was significant as it led to the creation of a series of landscape studies made on the outskirts of Rome and in Southern Italy (for example, "An Arbour Covered with Vines", 1840s - 1850s). In the 1850s the artist was immersed in his work on a series of drawings and water colours, which was later known as his "Biblical Studies". In 1858 he returned to St Petersburg. The work of A.A.Ivanov stands in the centre of the spiritual search by Russian culture for in the 19th century. The artist defined his beliefs as follows: "A new time requires new art. The primary task of modern art today is combining the technique of Raphael with the ideas of a new civilization". In his painting "Apollo, Hyacinthus and Cyparissus Singing and Playing Music" (1831-1834), which was the first canvas to be painted in Rome, the artist depicts the philosophic and poetic image of antiquity as the Golden age of mankind. Ivanov inspires ideal classical plasticity through the living romantic experience. Ivanov’s production canvas is "The Appearance of Christ to the People (The Appearance of the Messiah)" (1837-1858), where the evangelic plot is interpreted as the moment of spiritual upheaval and the moral resurrection of mankind. In his landscape studies for the painting the artist combines the philosophic intensity of world interpretation with the subtle elaboration of the light and air environment. Ivanov’s last project - "Biblical Studies" - is a deeply individual interpretation of the Holy Scriptures as the unity of religion, mythology and history.

Priam asking Achilles to return Hector’s body

1824
oil on canvas
119 х 124,7
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Joseph’s Brothers Find the Silver Cup in Benjamin’s Sack

1831-1833
oil on canvas
49,5 x 62,7
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Joseph’s Brothers Find the Silver Cup in Benjamin’s Sack

1831-1833
oil on canvas
36 x 55
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Joseph Reveals his Identity to his Brothers

1831-1833
oil on cardboard
23 x 38,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

View of Town. Subiaco

1831-1834
canvas on cardboard, oil
27,9 x 42,6
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Tree on a Steep Shore

1831-1834
Paper glued onto carton, oil
21,5 x 27
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Apollo, Hyacinthus and Cypress, Playing Music and Singing

1831-1834
oil on canvas
100 х 139,9
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of Smiling Apollo and of Apollo Belvedere

1831-1834
Paper glued onto carton, oil
27 x 43,8
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene

1834
oil on canvas
43,5 x 60,4
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of Mary Magdalene

1834
oil on canvas
65 x 56
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of Christ

1834
oil on canvas
55,4 x 44,8
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

The Apparition of Christ to the People (The Apparition of the Messiah)

1837–1857
oil on canvas
540 х 750
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Via Appia at Sunset

1845
oil on canvas
44 х 61
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

The Bay of Naples at Castellammare

1846
paper on canvas, oil
29 x 93
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Walking on the water. (Christ saves Peter as he starts to drown)

1850th
Brown paper, water colour, whiting, brush
26,7 x 39,2

Albano Girl in the Doorway

Early 1830s
oil on canvas
43 x 31
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Jacob’s Dream

Early 1830s
canvas on cardboard, oil
20,5 x 32,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Buildings in the Mountains. Tivoli

First half of the 1830s
Paper glued onto carton, oil
22,5 x 42,9
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Portrait of Vittoria Marini

Late 1840s
oil on canvas
63,5 х 47,1
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Olive trees at the cemetery in Albano. New moon

Second half 1830th - 1940s
oil on canvas
42,5 х 62,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of Christ (three variants), Plaster heads of Apollo Belvedere, Medici Venus, Laocoon and a mask combining the features of the three types in the attitude of Christ's head

Second half 1830th - 1940s
Paper on canvas, oil
55,4 х 44,3
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 12

Head of St John the Baptist

Second half 1830th - 1940s
Paper on canvas, oil
51 х 54

Twig

Second half 1830th - 1940s
Paper on canvas, oil
46,5 х 62,4
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

On the coast of the Gulf of Naples

Second half 1830th - 1940s
oil on cardboard
41,4 х 60,6
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of the Slave

Second half of 1830s
paper on canvas, oil
46 x 35
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

The Appearance of Christ to the People

Second half of the 1830s
Paper on canvas, oil
48,6 x 38,8
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

The old man leaning on a stick and the Boy getting out the Stream

Second half of the 1830s
Paper on canvas, oil
62 x 46
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Two boys against a landscape

Second half of the 1830s
oil on canvas
63 x 46
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of a youth

Second half of the 1830s
Paper on canvas, oil
59,1 x 44,2
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

St.John the Divine (chest portrait)

Second half of the 1830s
Paper on canvas, oil
46,5 x 52
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Two male heads, the above attitude

Second half of the 1830s
Paper on canvas, oil
45 x 59
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

In Aricca Park

Second half of the 1830s
Paper on canvas, oil
47 x 64
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

The Appearance of Christ to the People

Second half of the 1830s
oil on canvas
47,8 x 66,2
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Two Nude Boys, Lying on Red and White Draperies

Second half of the 1830s
Paper on canvas, oil
42 x 56,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of a female

Second half of the 1830s
Paper glued onto carton, oil
46,3 x 36
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of John the Baptist

Second half of the 1830s
Paper on canvas, oil
57,7 x 44,1
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of the Slave and the Slave with a Rope around his Neck

Second half of the 1830s
Paper glued onto carton, oil
43,1 x 57,4
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Draperies, Lying on the Ground by the Rich Old Man and the Slave

Second half of the 1830s
Paper glued onto carton, oil, Italian pencil
42 x 55
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Head of Faun and Male Head

Second half of the 1830s
Oil on Paper
24,7 x 40,5
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

The Pilgrim

Second half of the 1830s
Paper glued onto carton, oil
57,2 x 43,7
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Figure for Apostle St Andrew

Second half of the 1830s
Oil on Paper
41 x 25,7
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

Pontos Marsh

Second half of the 1830s
paper on canvas, oil
30,8 x 44,8
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

The Appearance of Christ to the People. Study in "Venice" colours

The second half 1830th
oil on canvas
54,8 х 74,5

Ground and a Distant View

Undated
Paper glued onto carton, oil
42,2 x 60
at 10, Lavrushinsky Lane, Hall 10

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Ivanov, Aleksandr Andreyevich