Timofei Alekseevich Vasiliev (1783-1838) - Russian painter, landscape painter, academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts .
| Timofey Alekseevich Vasiliev | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | March 11, 1783 |
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg |
| Date of death | November 13, 1838 (55 years old) |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire |
| Genre | landscape painter |
| Study | |
| Ranks | Academician of IAH (1807) |
| Awards | IAH pension (1859) |
Content
Biography
Born in St. Petersburg in the family of an official. He was kept in the Educational School at the Imperial Academy of Arts, where he received his initial education. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1788-1803). Pupil F. Ya. Alekseev . He was awarded the IAH medals: a small gold medal for the program “Jupiter punishes one village except Philemon and Bavkida” (1802); certificate of the 1st degree with a sword (1803); the title of academician IAH (1807) for the painting "View of the city of Selenginsk . " Advisor to the Academy of Arts for landscape painting (1815). Inspector of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1818-1824). [one]
He was sent (1804), as a draftsman, with the expedition of Count Yu. A. Golovkin to China, spent two years in Siberia and gathered there a rich supply of materials for the numerous views of this region, which he later wrote. In the Museum of the Academy there are two paintings of his kind: "View of the Nikolaev pier at the confluence of the river. Hangars in Lake Baikal ” and “ View of Krasnoyarsk ” . [2]
During the Patriotic War of 1812, he was in the militia with a company commander. Later he continued to paint urban and rural landscapes, including with views of Siberian lands. Received the title of adviser to the Academy of Arts for Landscape Painting (1815) for the painting "View of Lake Baikal" . [3]
He died in 1838 in St. Petersburg. Vasiliev’s works are stored in the Russian Museum and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Gallery
View of the city of Selenginsk (1807). Timing
View of the palace and the Big Stone Bridge
Rural landscape (1800). State Tretyakov Gallery
View of the Kazan Cathedral from the side of the rear facade, from the Catherine’s canal (1810). Hermitage
View of Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg at the City Council (1810). Hermitage
View of the islands in St. Petersburg (1815). Hermitage
Interior view of the Great Church of the Winter Palace (1820). Hermitage
View of the Nikolskaya pier when the Angara River flows into Lake Baikal (1824). Timing
Notes
- ↑ Handbook of the Imperial Academy of Arts, 1915 , p. 33.
- ↑ Vasiliev, Timofey Alekseevich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ VASILIEV TIMOFEY ALEKSEEVICH (1783-1838)
Literature
- Vasiliev, Timofey Alekseevich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Vasiliev, Timofey Alekseevich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : in 66 volumes (65 volumes and 1 additional) / Ch. ed. O. Yu. Schmidt . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1926-1947.
- S. N. Kondakov. Anniversary Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts. 1764-1914. - St. Petersburg: Partnership R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1915. - T. 2. - S. 33. - 454 p.