IVANOV Alexander A.

July 16, 1806 (St. Petersburg) - July 3, 1858 (St. Petersburg)

Painter, graphic artist

son of the famous painter, AI Ivanov, initial art training was led by his father. In 1817-1828 was "extraneous" IAH student in the class of historical painting, studied under the guidance of his father and AE Egorov. In 1824 a program of "Priam sought from Achilles the body of Hector was awarded a small gold medal in 1827 for his film" Joseph interpreting dreams concluded with him in prison, the butler and the baker and the board of the cast "Laocoon with children" - a large gold medal from the Society for the Promotion of artists, in 1828 received the title of the class artist.

In 1830, a pensioner OPKh sent to Italy on the way visited Germany, Austria, city of northern Italy, Florence. In 1831, arrived in Rome. In 1830-40's has made repeated trips to Italy, in order to "examine the nature of all schools: in 1834, traveled to Northern Italy (Bologna, Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Brescia, Bergamo, Milan, Parma), 1839 - in Central and Northern Italy, in 1846, visited Palermo in 1847 - Florence, Livorno, Genoa, Milan, repeatedly visited Naples.

to create works on biblical subjects, turned to the landscape, accomplished many genre sketches and watercolors. In 1831 under orders OPKh copied the frescoes of Michelangelo "Creation of Adam" in the Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings. In 1836, for sending to the Council IAH painting "Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene" was awarded the title of academician. Since 1833 worked on the sketches for the painting "The Appearance of Christ to the people", in 1837 took up painting, worked intermittently until early 1850, running for this period more than 400 preparatory sketches.

was familiar with F. Overbeck, has been influenced by artists nazareytsev. He was fascinated by the ideas of FW Schelling. Maintained friendly relations with Nikolai Gogol, F. Chizhov, NM Languages: Learning, AI Herzen. From 1846 he lived in Rome with his brother, architect S. Ivanov.

In 1851 received the book D. Strauss' Life of Christ ", which served as a fundamental source of the development plan and the system of murals of biblical scenes on the walls of the artist conceived a special temple. In 1851-1857 embodied the idea of painting in the series "bible thumbnails».

In 1857 traveled to Vienna to Interlaken for treatment, in September of that year, visited London. In May 1858 he returned to Petersburg, where an exhibition of paintings "The Appearance of Christ to the people" with sketches of her, causing the controversial criticism (bought by Alexander II and donated to the Rumyantsev Museum in Moscow after his death).

Retrospective Art Exhibition Ivanov held in Moscow (1897, 1898, 1926, 1956, 1981-1982) and Leningrad (1956).

Ivanov - outstanding Russian artist of the first half of the XIX century. His early works ( "Priam sought from the body of Hector, Achilles," 1824; "Joseph interpreting dreams concluded with him in prison, the butler and the baker," 1827; "Bellerophon is sent to do battle against the Chimera," 1829; "Apollo, Hyacinth and Cypress involved in music and singing, 1831-1834) generally correspond to the classic tradition of typical balanced composition, the uniform mass distribution on the plane, figures and objects to the plans, the smooth contour drawing, the local flavor. The works of his mature period ( "The Appearance of Christ to the people" the sketch, the cycle of "biblical sketches, 1837-1857) gravitate to the aesthetics of late romanticism, which was reflected in the depth perception, dynamic form, the quest for emotional expressiveness. A characteristic feature of mature creativity Wizard is a distinct religio-philosophical, moral character of works.

preparatory work for the "phenomenon" is an independent area of artistic activity Ivanov. Demonstrating the achievements in the study of nature (apprehension of space, the embodiment of certain qualities in the characters and states), they nevertheless differ philosophical depth of her perception. Particularly expressive performed in the open air landscape sketches, in which Ivanov sought to objectively convey the diversity of nature, to know the basic laws of its development and the basic elements: water, soil, vegetation and sky. Sketches of heads and figures, by contrast, are a complex synthesis of work with living nature, and on samples of classical art.

in "Biblical Sketches artist refused conventional compositional techniques, applying the solutions most appropriate to represent events: Entered color stain, underline the contour of the sheet plane, reached the big rhythmic expression, has opened new opportunities texture graphics.

Ivanova works are in major museum collections in Russia - the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum.