Adolph Jebens (Iebens; Gebens, Adolf Ivanovich) ( German: Adolph Jebens ; 1819 - 1888 ) - German portrait painter and battle painter.
| Adolf ebens | |
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| him Adolph jebens | |
| Date of Birth | March 19, 1819 |
| Place of Birth | Elbingen , Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Date of death | 1888 |
| Place of death | Berlin |
| Allegiance |  Russian empire Prussia |
| Genre | portrait, battle |
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Biography
Born in Elbingen on March 19, 1819. He studied first at the Berlin Academy of Art , then moved to Paris , where he enrolled as a student at Paul Delaroche , then interned in Italy . Since 1842 he lived in Danzig and in 1844 he moved to Russia .
In 1848 he entered a teacher of painting in the male and female departments of the drawing school of the Imperial Society for the Promotion of Arts; since that time he has painted a number of portraits commissioned by His Imperial Majesty’s own cabinet: A. S. Stroganov, S. S. Lansky , M. V. Ogaryov and a number of other persons, among which stands out the portrait of Emperor Nicholas I (1853), kept in the collection of paintings of the State Museum-Reserve Tsarskoye Selo .
Yebens was best known for his large series of paintings on the Russian army: 137 were known in 2006, and a number of works are considered lost and are known only from later lithographs. A significant number of persons depicted in these paintings are attributed. These paintings were created between the end of the 1840s and 1863, when Jebens left for Germany. Nevertheless, he continued to work on his Russian military subjects there until 1869. For these works, the Imperial Academy of Arts awarded him the title of academician in 1861. Yebens works are stored in the State Hermitage Museum , the Artillery Museum , the A.V. Suvorov Memorial Museum , the Russian Museum , the Central Military Medical Museum and the collections of the imperial palaces in Gatchina , Tsarskoye Selo and Peterhof .
In Berlin, Ebens enjoyed a reputation as a skilled portrait painter until the end of his life, and his portraits are kept in many museums in Germany and Poland .
He died in 1888 in Berlin .
Yebens Works
Life Guard sapper battalion. 1853 year.
In the center on fascia sits the battalion commander, Major General N.F. Khomutov , the far right is Colonel N.K. Zatsepin (a famous artist, died May 10, 1855 during the defense of Sevastopol )A group of ranks of the Life-Ataman regiment. 1857 year.
In the center on a black horse - Colonel D.I. Zhirov .Group of ranks of the Crimean Tatar squadron. 1858 year.
Portrait of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna . 1860
A group of ranks of the Life Guards Volyn Regiment in Warsaw at the Belvedere Palace . 1864 In the center on horseback - regiment commander Major General V.F. Rall .
Removal of the standard of the Life Guards Horse Grenadier Regiment . 1853 year. In the foreground, second right: Major General K.K. Tipolt .
Sources
- Ebens, Adolf // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Vvedensky G.E. Army everyday chronicler. Artist A.I. Goebens (1819-1888). SPb., 2006