GOLIKOV Wilhelm August (Vasily A.)

1802 (Revel) - July 5, 1848 (St. Petersburg)

painter and graphic artist.

came from a family Estland middle class. Art education in 1820 at the St. Petersburg workshop of John Doe, where he was copying his works, as well as his portrait of the upper ranks of the War Gallery of the Winter Palace.

in 1826-1827 began to work independently - this time dated the first known picture of the artist. In 1829 joined the IAH in St. Petersburg as a "foreign" student. In 1832 was promoted neklassnogo (free) artist.

bequest Doe receives a lifetime pension. In 1837, therefore made a trip to England. I visited in Rome. In 1838, excluded from the per capita salary with the option of entering into the civil service.

worked as a portraitist, he wrote genre and historical paintings, still lifes, landscapes. Participated in exhibitions of IAH and the Society for the Encouragement of Artists.

Golike works are in several museum and private collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, Kiev museum of Russian art.