Peter Vasilievich Tutukin (1819-1900) - artist, academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts . Senior curator of the Imperial Hermitage .
| Peter Vasilievich Tutukin | |
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| Date of Birth | |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |
| A country |  Russian empire |
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| Ranks | Academician of IAH (1857) [1] |
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Biography
Freelance student of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1844-1851). In 1847 he received a small silver medal. He was awarded the title of non-class artist of perspective painting (1851). Recognized as βappointed to academicsβ (1855). Awarded the title of academician (1857) for "View of the halls of the large pavilion in the Imperial Hermitage . " He was the keeper of the art gallery of the Imperial Hermitage . [one]
He lived in Petersburg. Keeper of the picture gallery of the Imperial Hermitage. [2]
| ... Academician Tutukin is one of the keepers of the Hermitage. Peter Vasilievich Tutukin was, as it were, a necessary part of the Hermitage. He was one of his oldest servants, the remainder of the old days, the times of Nikolaev. In those days, he was probably seventy years old. Elegant, like a marquise, completely white, shuffling with small legs, a little old man in uniform, with all was perfectly amiable, kind, and benevolent. Once upon a time, at the dawn of his artistic life, he painted the perspective of the Pompeii Hermitage Gallery. One morning he was sitting at an easel, immersed in his painstaking art, and he heard footsteps behind him. Steps majestically measured approaching him. Some strange excitement forced the young Tutukin to get close, and he, without changing his posture, holding his breath, continued his work. The steps fell silent. Someone stopped behind the artist, the excitement of which increased with every second. The breath seemed to stop. He feels as someone leans over him, his breathing is heard ... The ear felt the touch of the sharp end of the mustache ... The heart beats, beats. At this moment, someone says: "Well done!" Steps rang out again. Pyotr Vasilievich lifts heavy eyelids from his perspective and sees the majestic figure of the receding emperor Nikolai Pavlovich . The case soon became known. The young artist was noticed, they began to invite him to give lessons to high-ranking houses. And he, so pleasant, modest, obligatory, began to make his Petersburg career as an artist, which ended with a long stay as a senior guardian of the imperial Hermitage. P.V. Tutukin died a deep old man, and who in those days did not know and did not like this sweet, completely gray-haired old man, gallantly shuffling his legs on the magnificent parquet floors of the Hermitage halls ...M.V. Nesterov Memoirs |
He was buried at the Volkovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg .
Among the famous works: βView of the halls of the large pavilion of the Imperial Hermitageβ (1857), βRoom in the Trinity Compound in St. Petersburgβ , βStaircase in the house of L. I. Lazarev in St. Petersburgβ ; painted icons for various temples. [2]
Gallery
View of the Alexander Nevsky Church of the Anichkov Palace in St. Petersburg
Types of rooms of the Winter Palace. Pavilion Hall
Living Room (1852)
Living Room (1874)
Notes
- β 1 2 List of Russian artists for the anniversary directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts, 1915 , p. 201.
- β 1 2 Russian Academy of Arts: Tutukin Pyotr Vasilievich .
Literature
- 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. 201 .-- 459 p.
Links
- TUTUKIN PETR VASILIEVICH (1819-1900) . Russian Academy of Arts . Date of treatment April 2, 2019.