BRYULLOV (Brullo) Karl Pavlovich

December 12, 1799 (St. Petersburg) - June 23, 1852 (Mantsiana near Rome)

painter and graphic artist.

born in a family of academician ornamental sculptures PI Brullo, brother painters F. Briullov and I. Briullov, architect A. ; Briullov. Original art education received at home. From 1809 he studied at the IAH in the class of historical and portrait painting at the AI Ivanov, AE Egorov. During the period of training received all academic awards. Became known, while still a student, his picture of "Narcissus, looking into the water" (1819) became a teacher - AI Ivanov. In 1821, for the painting "The phenomenon of Abraham three angels oak Mamvriyskogo" was awarded a large gold medal and released from the Academy with the certificate of degree 1 for the title of the class artist.

In 1822, together with his brother Alexander went to Italy as a pensioner of the Society to promote artists on the way visited Riga, Dresden, Berlin, Munich. He painted genre scenes, songs of mythological and biblical themes. He performed the copy of Raphael's fresco "The School of Athens" for IAH.

lived in Rome, where he rented a workshop on the Via Corso. In 1827, refused boarding. In the 1830's launched a big plan that emerged when you visit the excavations of Pompeii: the artist conceived to depict the tragedy of the Roman town, who died during the eruption of Vesuvius in the I. N. E. In 1833 the painting was completed, and enthusiastically received in Italy. In 1834, shown in the Louvre, and then in St. Petersburg, where she had been remarkably successful. EA Baratynskij and Pushkin dedicated "last day of Pompeii" poetic compositions. In the same year Bryullov was elected an honorary associate of the Academy freestyle IAH.

In 1835, accompanied VP Davydova on a journey to the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, carried out many full-scale drawings and watercolors, which later included on the album "Journey to the East", some later were transferred to lithograph by other artists.

In 1836 Bryullov triumphantly returned to St. Petersburg, immediately received many orders for portraits. In the same year was awarded the title of professor of degree 2, bypassing the title of "appointed" in academics and academician. Until 1849 he taught at IAH, among his pupils A. Agin, Shevchenko, FA Moller, A. Tyranov, A . Mokritskiy N. and others.

In 1839 began the historical picture "The Siege of Pskov, the Polish King Stefan Batory, which remained unfinished. Many engaged in a monumental painting, early in 1840 completed altarpiece "The Capture of the Virgin into heaven" for the main chapel of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, the image of the "Holy Trinity" in Sergiyevskaya deserts, as well as multiple images for the church on Aptekarsky Island in St. Petersburg, created sketches murals of Pulkovo Observatory. 1842 Briullov were commissioned painting of St. Isaac's Cathedral - ceiling, twelve figures of apostles in the cupola tower and four songs from the Gospels. In 1843-1847 he performed sketches and cartoons, and began painting the ceiling, but because of severe illness was unable to finish the work (and later did PV Basin).

in 1849 for the treatment of left on the island of Madeira, on his way to visit Poland, Belgium, England, Portugal. Traveled to Spain. In 1850 he moved to Italy.

died in 1852. Buried in the cemetery of Monte Testaccio in Rome.

Bryullov Retrospective exhibitions were held in 1899 in the halls of the Rumyantsev Museum and the Moscow Society of Art Lovers, in 1950 - in Moscow, 1999-2001 - in the State Russian Museum and the State Tretyakov Gallery.

Karl Bryullov - an outstanding Russian painter of the first half of the XIX century. Creativity of the artist is at the junction of classicism, based on the art of the High Renaissance, especially Raphael, and romanticism. However, assigns it to any particular direction is not possible.

He was a leading historical painter and portraitist of his time, developed a type of portrait-painting: "horsewoman" (1832), "Countess YP Samoilova, removed from the ball with a foster daughter . Pachchini "(about 1842)," Countess YP Samoilova with A. Pachchini and blackamoor "(about 1842). For exact remark Alexandre Benois, the portraits of "virtuosity Bryullov expressed with full direct brilliance. Among his best works in this genre - portraits NV Kukolnik, VA Zhukovsky (both-1836), Ivan Vitali (1837), Sisters On . AA and AA Shishmarev, Ivan Krylov (all 1839), "Self-Portrait" (1848). Front portraits Bryullov impressive for its colorful and compositional effects, for chamber portraits, by contrast, is characterized by restraint of color, in the predominantly contemplative and peaceful mood.

He has also worked in the genre of watercolor portrait. He turned to the technique of etching. Was a brilliant painter, whose drawings are extremely diverse in terms of fact manner, technical means. The artist used a pencil, black chalk, bistro, ink, sepia, often combining them with a pen or brush. In his work met rigorous academic Studies, compositions in the spirit of romanticism, made briefly in a free manner, depicting fights, knights, Oriental motifs, which often turned Bryullov after traveling to the East, home sketches and so on.

most significant collection of works Bryullov have the State Russian Museum and Tretyakov Gallery, the representative assembly is the master drawings in the Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin. Selected paintings and graphic works of artists are represented in the collections of the Kiev Museum of Russian Art, Kiev Museum of Taras Shevchenko, Perm State Art Gallery, Saratov State Art Museum. Radishshev, State Pushkin Museum, Museum Hilvud in the United States and others.