Arseny Ivanovich Meshchersky (1834-1902) - Russian painter - landscape painter , known for his paintings about the nature of southern and northern Russia, Crimea and the Caucasus. Most of the paintings of Meshchersky are landscapes . These are amazing, extremely realistic, vibrant and life-breathing paintings. Much of the artistβs manner reminds his teacher, a landscape painter Kalam . However, Meshchersky not only borrowed the techniques of the Swiss, but also developed his own style of landscape, which was and remains his "trademark". Arseny Ivanovich always considered himself a "draftsman" of nature.
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| Place of Birth | Vyshnevolotsky County , Tver Province |
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| Ranks | Academician of IAH (1864) professor of IAH (1876) |
| Awards | IAH pension (1857) |
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Biography
Arseniy Ivanovich Meshchersky was born in 1834 in the Vyshnevolotsky district of the Tver province . Information about the parents of this painter was not preserved. But there is an opinion that somehow the painter belonged to the noble family of the Meshchersky. But its origin is still controversial, and its early biography is full of secrets and mysteries. During this period, young Arseny takes up pencils and paints. The young man is led by creative intuition, which is inherent in many artists, as well as the instructions of the first teacher. The boy makes the first drafts. The name of the first teacher of the boy remained a mystery to historians.
In 1854 , when Arseny was 20 years old, he already had a thorough artistic training. He was enrolled as a freelance student at the Imperial Academy of Arts , where he studied for three years under the guidance of F.A. Bruni , S.M. Vorobyov , T.A. Neff . By that time, Meshchersky was no longer a debutant in this matter. Next year he is already participating in an academic exhibition. On it, he presents two landscapes: βView in the vicinity of Oranienbaumβ and βView of the Peter and Paul Fortressβ. For these paintings Meshchersky receives a small silver medal.
But not a single direction exists in its pure form, therefore traditions make themselves felt. The year 1857 brings Arseny Meshchersky a new fortune. For his painting βMorning in the vicinity of the city of Friedrichsgamenβ, the Academy awarded Arseniy a large silver medal. Also in the same year, Meshchersky decides to leave the walls of the Academy and leave classes. There were also rumors that Meshchersky, at his own expense or at the expense of his senior patron, was sent to improve his painting in Switzerland .
Nevertheless, for the painting βThe Swiss Lookβ presented at the 1859 Academic Exhibition , Meshchersky receives not even a small, but immediately a large gold medal , the title of a class artist, and the right to pension abroad. Later, he was widely recognized in Russia and abroad, and also became a professor at the Academy of Arts.
In 1864, A. I. Meshchersky again returned to his homeland. Here he lives in St. Petersburg, but occasionally visits Finland , the Baltic states and the Caucasus .
The year 1867 was significant for Arseny. A. I. Meshchersky was entrusted to accompany the Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich on his trip around the world.
In 1876, for his painting "The View at the Origins of Rion," Meshchersky was awarded the title of professor [2] .
In the late 1870s and early 1880s, Meshchersky regularly participated in academic exhibitions at the Art Exhibitions Society established at the Academy [2] .
Contemporaries of Meshchersky claimed that 1879 became fatal for him. Meshchersky was very ill. Soon Arseny lay down. Pneumonia did not let him out of his tight, stuffy embrace for almost two months. At some point, the doctors lost hope of saving the artist. And he himself, exhausted by a fever and chest-shaking cough, did not hope too much for recovery. He begins to suffer from asthma attacks, which greatly complicated his existence, especially with the onset of cold weather.
In 1886, Arseny Meshchersky was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree "for special works in the artistic field." Throughout 1898 Meshchersky travels. He visited Turkey, Mount Athos and some islands of the Greek archipelago, again visited Italy and Switzerland.
In mid-November 1902, in the newspaper Novoye Vremya , an obituary appeared among numerous advertisements offering to buy either Gollender soap, a pair of saddle horses with a carriage, or gloves from the best foreign skins.
He reported that "on November 13, Arseny Ivanovich Meshchersky, a professor of landscape painting who once enjoyed great popularity in the art world of St. Petersburg, died of asthma ... He was most successful at mountain landscapes and winter motifs."
Arseny Meshcherskyβs works are exhibited in the Russian Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery [2] .
Pictures
- Swiss look
- Rye field by the forest road
- Quiet backwater
- The death of Camilla, the sister of Horace
- Narva raid
- Winter evening in Finland
other.
In the collection of the Odessa Art Museum :
- Winter landscape. 1869.
- Sunset in the mountains. 1874.
- Forest by the sea. Crimea. 1879.
- Forest. Group of trees. 1887.
- A tree over a ravine. 1889.
- Landscape.
Winter evening in Finland
Mountain peaks in the snow
Rapids
Evening
Notes
- β Union List of Artist Names
- β 1 2 3 Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Ch. ed. B. A. Vvedensky, 2nd ed. T. 27. Jellyfish - Millipede. 1954. 664 pp., Ill. and cards; 51 l ill. and cards.
Literature
- S. N. Kondakov. Anniversary Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts. 1764-1914. - St. Petersburg: Partnership R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1915. - T. 2 (Biographical part). - S. 128 .-- 459 p.
Links
- Meshchersky, Arseny Ivanovich // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- The life and work of Arseny Meshchersky