ROKOT Fyodor

Around 1735 (s Vorontsovo Moscow Province) - December 12, 1808 (Moscow)

painter and graphic artist.

origin of the artist's definitely not installed. According to one version, he was born to a serf of Prince PI Repnin granted his freedom. The other - was the illegitimate son of Repnin In his youth, apparently, studied at the Moscow icon painters. In 1750 arrived in St. Petersburg. In 1760 on the "verbal instructions" I. Shuvalov enrolled in IAH. According to J. Staehelin, studied "for Lorrain, Lagrenee and Fontebasso. Learned a lot from the Rotary and Tocco. In January 1762 for a portrait of Peter III was promoted to associate art. His duties included observing classes of students in classes of the Academy.

In 1763 he wrote ceremonial portraits of Catherine II in connection with the coronation celebrations. In 1765 he was elected an academician of the written by engraving a modified copy of the L. Giordano painting "Venus and Cupid. Had a studio in St. Petersburg, where with the help of students served numerous orders.

around 1765 he moved to Moscow, where he lived "free artist", working under orders of the Academy of Arts and private orders for the piecework payment. He was a member of the English Club.

Retrospective exhibition of works Rokotov held in 1923 in Moscow and 1960 - in Moscow and Leningrad.

Rokotov - outstanding Russian portraitist of the second half of XVIII century, the founder of the type of intimate lyrical portrait of the female. His work can be divided into two periods. First, St. Petersburg, have at the end of 1750 - the first half of 1760-x. It has been marked as a front door and a portrait of the chamber. Most often, the artist used the type poluparadnogo canvases - a representative of generations or a depiction of the architectural or landscape background. The second period, Moscow, after 1765, associated with the development of a typology of the chamber, an intimate portrait.

aesthetic principles Rokotov were consistent with earlier sentiments. In his works he not only recorded the features of the model, and was able to pass a concealed, externally invisible life of the soul, which gives his work a unique charm. For painting style is characterized by a special master color range, built on the wealth of nuances of contiguous tones. Prefer smoky, melting colors, often translucent one through another. In a palette dominated by silvery-blue, pinkish-beige, brown-gold tone. Often resorted to colored lacquers, which asked the general tone of the picture. Wrote fast, mobile strokes, in the modeling using the finest glaze, thus sought to experience a vibrant way of living.

most important collections of works Rokotov have the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum.