Alexandra Alekseevna Venetsianova (1816–1882) - daughter of the painter Venetsianov from his marriage to Marfa Afanasyevna Azarieva. The artist, representative of the art school Venetsianova .
| Alexandra Alekseevna Venetsianova | |
|---|---|
 In the portrait of a father at the age of 13. | |
| Date of Birth | April 21, 1816 |
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg |
| Date of death | 1882 |
| A place of death | St. Petersburg |
| Nationality | Russian empire |
| Genre | genre paintings, still lifes |
| Study | Venetsianov, Alexey Gavrilovich |
| Style | School of Venetsianov |
In 1819, her father left the service and settled with his family: his wife Marfa Afanasyevna and two daughters, Alexandra and Felitsatoy (1818–1897), in the village of Safonkovo in the Tver province, devoting his efforts to developing the “peasant” genre. There he organized his own art school , which was attended by Alexander.
Alexandra performed portraits, genre paintings, still lifes. The author of memories of his father (1860s) [1] . Her works are available at the State Tretyakov Gallery, Tver Regional Art Gallery [2] . “Her art, very sincere, bears the stamp of naivety inherent in the so-called home painters” [3] .
Both sisters were not married; Felicata bequeathed part of his fortune to the establishment of a scholarship named after his father at the Academy of Fine Arts, and his Self-Portrait to the Russian Museum [4] . Alexandra “after the death of her father was left almost without a livelihood, was forced to sell her father’s estate Safonkovo. Until her death, she corresponded about placing her in the Smolny House of Charity ” [3] .
Memoirs
- Venetsianova A. A. Notes of the daughter of Venetsianov. 1862 // Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov. The world of the artist. Articles, letters, contemporaries about the artist / Compilation, entry. Art. and approx. A.V. Kornilova. L., Art, 1980. S. 14-236; [excerpts] // Savinov A.N. Alexei Gavrilovich Venetsianov. M., 1955. S. 207-210; Artist. 1980. No. 2. P. 41-44. - In the article: Kornilova A.V. In Safonkov.
Notes
- ↑ Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov. The world of the artist. Articles, letters, contemporaries about the artist / Compilation, entry. Art. and approx. A.V. Kornilova. L., Art, 1980. 214-236
- ↑ // E. Konovalov. New complete biographical dictionary of Russian artists
- ↑ 1 2 State Tretyakov Gallery Archived copy of February 24, 2016 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Timing catalog