Kozlov Gavriil Ignatievich (1738-1791) - historical and portrait painter, mainly in the field of allegorical subjects and ornaments , academician and senior professor of the Russian Academy of Arts .
| Gabriel Ignatievich Kozlov | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1738 |
| Date of death | May 22, 1791 |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire |
| Genre | painting |
| Style | allegorical plots and ornaments |
| Ranks | Academician of IAH (1765) professor of IAH (1771) |
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Biography
Pupil A. Perezinotti and J. Valeriani. He joined the newly established Imperial Academy of Arts (1762) with the title of adjunct and was recognized as βappointed to academicsβ for the painting βThe Holy Apostle Peter Renounces Christβ . Academician "under the new regulations." Associate professor of historical painting. The title of professor (1771). Honorary Academician of the Spanish Academy of Arts and Senior Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. Associate Rector of the Academy of Arts (1779). Director of the St. Petersburg Tapestry Manufactory (1779). He was the director of an educational school at the Academy of Arts. [one]
Among his students was F. I. Yanenko .
Famous Works
- βThe Apostle Peter βs Renunciation of Christ (inaccessible link) β (kept at the Museum of Alexander III)
- The image of St. Prince Mikhail of Chernigov and his boyar, Fedor (stored in the Moscow Archangel Cathedral)
- Icons of the north and south doors in the iconostasis of the main church of the Smolensk cemetery in Petrograd .
Notes
- β List of Russian artists for the anniversary directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts, 1915 , p. 94.
Literature
- Kozlov, Gabriel Ignatievich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- 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. 94. - 459 p.