Kharlamov, Nikolai Nikolaevich

Nikolai Nikolaevich Kharlamov
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kharlamov
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	Veretevo village, Kovrov district , Vladimir province
Date of death
Place of death	Tymenka village, Palekh district , Ivanovo region
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Ranks	Academician of IAH (1910)

Kharlamov Nikolai Nikolaevich ( 1863 , the village of Veretevo of the Kovrovsky district of the Vladimir province - 1935 , the village of Tymenka, Palekh district of the Ivanovo region) - an icon painter; Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts .

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Biography

Nikolai Kharlamov was born in the family of a rural clergyman. He graduated from the Vladimir Theological College , then entered and studied at the Vladimir Theological Seminary , but in 1882 he was dismissed by his own request ^[1] . He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1883-1891). ^[2] Received IAH medals: two silver (1886), one silver (1887), a gold medal named after Ms. Lebrenne for expression and one silver (1888). He graduated from the training course (1888). Small gold medal for the program "The Angel leads the Apostle Peter out of prison" (1889). The title of class artist of the II degree (1889). ^[3]

In 1891, the artist served military service in the city of Vladimir, however, and during the years of service did not stop painting.

Since 1892, N. N. Kharlamov is the director of the Kholuy school of icon painting . At the All-Russian Exhibition held in 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod, the work of the students of his school attracted special attention. The image of Christ they created was so successful that N.N. Kharlamov became interested in the commission responsible for the interior decoration of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in St. Petersburg , and the artist was invited to participate in the competition for the creation of cardboards for mosaics ^[4] .

Kharlamov created 42 cardboards (1897-1900) for mosaics in the interior of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, on which the Pantokrator icons, 8 seraphim, 4 evangelists, 4 images of angels with passions, the Eucharist , Savior Emmanuel , and Savior Good Silence were painted " , " Mother of God " , " John the Baptist " , 8 images of heavenly powers (four options), " Christ in Glory " , 8 images of angels, " St. Basil the Great " , " St. John Chrysostom " , prayer before the sacrament, " Saints Cyril and Methodius " , " Saints Stefan of Perm and Isaac of Dalmatia " , frieze of seraphim , images of seraphim and angels. ^[five]

In 1910, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kharlamov was elected an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts ^[3] . His icon paintings, which were widely recognized, were available not only in Russian churches, but also in Orthodox churches in various European cities, for example, in Vienna and Warsaw.

The artist spent the last years of his life in the village of Tymenka , located 19 kilometers from Kholuy (33.5 km by road) and 6.5 km from Palekh (7 km by road). There, in Tymenka, he ended his life in 1935, and was buried in the parish church cemetery.

Works

Christ in Glory

Type: Mosaic

Description: The composition occupies the entire spherical surface of the large apse. In the center of it is placed an elongated figure of Christ, carried by seraphim, inscribed in Mandorlu's shining with fiery bursts of fire. Beautiful, dark, with traces of suffering, his face is severe. He is all motionless, only his eyes live. The figure of Christ is shrouded in a pale turquoise cloak, from under which the sleeves of a pale red tunic are visible. Along the edges of the composition are two balancing groups of representatives of the heavenly army. Due to the fact that the mosaic is located on a curved surface, a very special ratio is established between it and the interior space. The real space of the interior, as it were, flows into the deepening of the conha. The figures depicted come into contact with this space.

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