Ivan Nikitich Nikitin

Ivan Nikitich Nikitin

Ivan Nikitich Nikitin ( _ru. Иван Никитич Никитин c. 1690-1741) was a Russian painter, an author of portraits and battle paintings.

Biography

Ivan Nikitin was born in Moscow to a family of an Orthodox priest. He received his first artistic lessons from a Dutch artist Schwonbek at the engraving shop of the Kremlin Armoury. In 1711 the Armory together with Ivan Nikitin was moved to Saint Petersburg. In 1716-1720 he and his brother Roman Nikitin were sent to Italy by Peter the Great. The brothers learnt the art of painting at Florence and Venice. After returning to Russia Nikitin became the favorite court painter of Peter the Great. He worked in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

After Peter's death in 1725 Nikitin continued to work at the court until 1732, when he and his brothers Roman and Rodion (the dean of Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow Kremlin) were arrested for the distribution of pamphlets against vice-Procurator of Synod Feofan Prokopovich. Ivan was tortured, for five years imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress, then whipped and exiled to Tobolsk.

In 1740 Anna of Russia signed an amnesty for the brothers. The amnesty came into force in 1741. By request of the new Empress Elizabeth of Russia travelled back from Tobolsk to Saint Petersburg and died somewhere on the road either in late 1741 or in early 1742.

Works

The early portraits by Nikitin had a strong influence of the traditional 17th century , but they all are equivocal in emphasising the psychological depth of the portrait.

Besides portraits Ivan Nikitin also considered to be the first notable Russian battle painter due to his paintings Battle of Poltava and Battle of Kulikovo.

External links

* [http://nearyou.iatp.org.ua/art/nikitin/0nikitin.html Nikitin's site] - in Russian
* [http://www.culture.mincult.ru/formb.asp?id=114 Biography] - in Russian
* [http://www.krugosvet.ru/articles/88/1008886/1008886a1.htm Biography] - in Russian


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