Vasily Ivanovich Sternberg ( St. Petersburg ; February 12, 1818 - September 8, 1845 ; Rome ) - painter, genre painter and landscape painter [1] .
| Vasily Ivanovich Sternberg | |
|---|---|
 Self portrait. | |
| Date of Birth | February 12, 1818 |
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg |
| Date of death | September 8, 1845 (27 years old) |
| Place of death | Rome |
| A country | |
| Genre | landscape |
| Study | Imperial Academy of Arts |
| Patrons | G.S. Tarnovsky |
| Awards |  |
| Awards | IAH pension (1840) |
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Biography
Born February 12, 1818 in St. Petersburg in the family of a mountain official. At first he was a volunteer at the Imperial Academy of Arts , and in 1835 he became an official academician. His teacher in landscape painting was M.N. Vorobyov . In addition to landscapes, Sternberg was engaged in household painting - from the moment he entered the academy, he created drawings and caricatures, which surprised his comrades and teachers. He spent his summer vacations at the Little Russian estate Kachanovka, patron of art G.S. Tarnovsky, who patronized him.
The result of these trips was a lot of pencil drawings, watercolors and paintings. In 1837 , the Academy awarded Sternberg with a small gold medal for these works, including for the watercolor “Fair in the town of Ichne” - the painting was purchased by Emperor Nicholas I for the wife’s album. In 1837, for the painting “Consecration of Easter in Little Russia” (also purchased by the emperor for the gift of his daughter, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna ), he received a large gold medal and the title of artist of the XIV class.
In 1840, he traveled to Orenburg during the expedition of Count Perovsky to Khiva , and then was sent to Italy as a pensioner of the academy. Having settled in Rome, he continued to work hard. Sternberg died in Rome on September 8, 1845 , having lived only 27 years.
Works
- "Fair in the town of Ichne"
- “Sanctification of Easter in Little Russia” (1838)
- "The game of blind man's blades in the estate of G. S. Tarnovsky"
- "Manor G.S. Tarnovsky in Kachanovka ”(1837)
- "Mill in the steppe" (both in the museum of Emperor Alexander III)
- The Cowgirl (1836-38)
- Little Russian Shinok (1837)
- "Vydubetsky monastery near Kiev"
- “Crossing the Dnieper near Kiev” (1837),
- "View in Kiev"
- "View of the Hem in Kiev" (1837)
- "Italians by the pond"
- "Italian commoner" (both at the Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts)
- Roman Pifferari
- "Italian peasants playing cards in osteria"
- "Study of the head of a young Italian"
- “Study of the Head of an Old Italian Man” (all four in the Moscow Public Museum)
- Self portrait
- "Lake Nemi"
- "In the vicinity of Albano"
- “Study of Leaves” (all seven in the Tretyakov Gallery, in Moscow)
- "M. I. Glinka in the estate of G. S. Perovsky for the composition of the opera" Ruslan and Lyudmila "" (in the collection of A. N. Markovich)
- Numerous drawings and watercolors are found in almost all public and private collections.
Notes
- ↑ Sternberg, Vasily Ivanovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Sources
- Sternberg, Vasily Ivanovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Russian painting. Sternberg Vasily Ivanovich (1818-1845)
- 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. 228. - 459 p.