UKHTOMSKY Andrey Grigoryevich

17 октября 1771 (the poshekhonye district of Yaroslavl province) — 16 февраля 1852 (St-Петербург)

Engraver, draftsman

From the priest's family. She studied at the Yaroslavl theological Seminary (did not graduate); in 1786 he entered the service of a Junior office in Yaroslavl the Orphan's court.

In 1795 adopted the IAH; engaged in engraving class И.-С. Клаубера. From 1798 paid 150 рублей a year, and "the table with his disciples, apartment, firewood and candles". In 1799 defined the landscape engraver in the engraving class. In 1800, after the Academy received a certificate of 1-й degree for the title of class artist with the sword. In the same year was confirmed in the rank of "appointed" in academics for the engraved views of St. Petersburg suburbs on the originals С. Ф. Щедрина.

Lived in St. Petersburg. Worked in the techniques of engraving and pencil manner, resorted to the techniques of etching, stipple, aquatint. Mostly portrait and engraving of species. As illustration, book decoration, maps, and drawings to various publications, including: "the Collection of plans of facades and profiles for the construction of stone churches..." (St. Petersburg, 1824), "Anatomico-хирургические table Buyalsky" (St. Petersburg, 1828), "Works" В. А. Озерова (St. Petersburg, 1828), "Ryazan Russian antiquities" А. Н. Оленина (St. Petersburg, 1831) and others.

In 1808 he was awarded the title of academician for portraits Н. В. Салтыковой and Н. И. Салтыкова from the originals М.-Ф. К. Квадаля. Between 1815 and ran a Printing house of the Imperial Academy of arts. In 1815-1817 was teaching in the class engraving IAH; in 1817 from-за poor vision engraving dismissed from class and made the Keeper of the academic library, 1831 —, the curator of the Museum of the Imperial Academy of arts. In 1821 he received a gold medal for Demidov invented the engraving machine. From 1850 on a pension.

the artistic heritage of the engraver is sufficiently large and consists of, including students ' work, more than 200 произведений. Among the most significant — types of St-Петербурга and the surrounding area on the originals С. Ф. Щедрина (first half 1800-х), portraits Н. И. Салтыкова (1807) and Н. В. Салтыковой (1808) by the originals М.-Ф. К. Квадаля, Ф. А. Голубцова (between 1806 и 1809) original В. Л. Боровиковского, А. А. Тучкова (1816) based on the original А. Г. Варнека.

his Works are in major Museum collections, among them — of the State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum, the Pushkin Museum to them. А. С. Пушкина, the State Historical Museum and others.