TROPININ Vasily Andreyevich

March 17, 1780 (d Karpovo Novgorod Province) - May 3, 1857 (Moscow)

painter and graphic artist.

born in a family of serfs of Count A. Munnich, later was sent to the Count II Morkov as a dowry for his daughter Minich. In the 1790's was sent to St. Petersburg for apprenticeship confectioner. Simultaneously, in 1798-1804 attended classes in the IAH as a "foreign" student. Studied in class portraiture from SS Shchukin, the advice GI Ugryumova. During the school was awarded a small silver medal, as well as a small gold medal for the painting "The boy, grieving the death of birds».

in 1804 by the will of the master moved to his estate Kukavka Mogilev district Podolia. Until 1812 he lived in the Ukraine. He painted portraits, landscapes, creating religious paintings. In 1812-1818 he worked in Moscow in 1818-1821 again was in the estate Morkov. In 1821 finally settled in Moscow. In the spring of 1823 received their freedom, was elected an honorary associate of the Academy freestyle IAH. In the autumn of that year for a portrait EO Skotnikova, paintings "Lacemaker" and "poor old man" recognized as "designated" in academics.

In 1824 arrived in St. Petersburg, where he showed his work at academic exhibition. During the program - a portrait of KA Leberecht was elected academician IAH. He took part in the activities of the Moscow Art class, opened in 1833. In 1836, met in Moscow with K. Bryullov, wrote his portrait. In 1843 became a member of the Moscow Art Society.

Vagankovsky buried at the cemetery.

Retrospective exhibition of works Tropinina passed in 1951, 1980, 1986, 2007 - in Moscow, in 1986 - in Ryazan.

Tropinin - an outstanding Russian artist of the first half of the XIX century, the representative of Romanticism, who created the type of home, an intimate portrait of the elements of the genre. In early works 1800 - 1810-x appreciable influence sentimentalism, with his characteristic mood of good-natured and natural household intonations. The tone of these works is soft and muted, the palette is dominated by grayish, ocher, green tones.

heyday of the master's accounts for 1820's - 1830. At that time, formed an artistic language Tropinin distinctive features of which are balance, clarity of composition, sonority and richness of color with strong use of color shades. For works of this period is characterized by seclusion and poetic mood. The artist came to the new concept of man's image: he was represented by their models in private life, outside the formal context in a simple, natural posture, with a slight smile on their faces. Often he painted portraits at home at the customers, not tearing them from the familiar environment and in order not to disrupt their habitual state of mind.

In the 1840 - 1850-ies portraits Tropinina become more objective and sophisticated on the mood. Changed and the pictorial language: the artist is now interested in the solution tonal canvas, cold steel colors, built on a combination of exquisite violet-steel, brownish-purple color.

Tropinina works are in many museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, State Historical Museum, the Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin, the Scientific Research Museum of Russia Academy of Arts, the All-Russia Pushkin Museum and others. In Moscow, the Museum VI Tropinin and Moscow artists of his time (currently closed for repairs).