- Alexey Bogolyubov
Alexey Petrovich Bogolyubov (Russian: "Алексей Петрович Боголюбов";
16 March 1824 -3 February 1896 ) was a Russian landscape painter.Bogolyubov was born in the
Pomerania n village ofNovgorod Gubernia . His father was retired colonel Pyotr Gavriilovich Bogolyubov. Bogolyubov's maternal grandfather was the well-known philosopher and social criticAlexander Radishchev . [http://www.peoples.ru/art/painter/bogolybov/ "Alexey Bogolyubov"] ru icon article]In 1841, Alexey graduated from military school, serving in the
Russian Navy and travelling with the fleet to many countries. In 1849, he started to attend classes of theSaint Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he studied underMaxim Vorobiev . The young painter was greatly influenced byIvan Ayvazovsky . In 1853, he finished the Academy with a major Gold medal. He retired as a navy officer and was appointed an artist to the Navy headquarters.From 1854 to 1860, he travelled around Europe and worked prolifically. In
Rome , he was acquainted with Alexander Ivanov, who convinced Bogolyubov to focus more on drawing. InDüsseldorf , Bogolyubov took classes from the painterAndreas Achenbach . InParis , he admired the artists of theBarbizon School . French paintersCamille Corot andCharles François Daubigny were good friends and collaborators with Bogolyubov.Bogolyubov returned to Russia in 1860. He exhibited his works in the Academy and received the title of professor. For some time, he taught in the Academy. In the 1860s, he traveled along the Volga. His paintings lost all traces of
Romanticism , replacing that element with staunch realism of the natural. In 1871 he was elected to theImperial Academy of Arts .From 1870, he became close to the The Wanderers art movement, participated in all their exhibitions. He became a member of their board. Much older than most of the other members of the movement, he had reservations on their social ideas. In 1873, Bogolyubov left the ? in solidarity with his fellow Itinerants. He even tried to create an alternative Russian Academy of Arts in Rome.
After 1873, Bogolyubov lived primarily in Paris, because of his heart condition. His house was like a Russian colony: frequent visitors included
Ivan Turgenev ,Ilya Yefimovich Repin ,Vasily Polenov ,Mark Antokolski ,Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin .In 1885, Bogolyubov opened an art museum in
Saratov , theRadischev Art Museum , named after his grandfather. It was the first art museum in Russia open to everybody. It was opened to the general public seven years earlier than theTretyakov Gallery inMoscow and fifteen years earlier than theRussian Museum in Saint Petersburg. [http://www.radmuseumart.ru/pages/index.asp?id_pages=23&id_header=6 Bogolyubov page on the site of Saratov Radischev Museum] ru icon ] The naming of the museum after the "first Russian revolutionary",Alexander Radishchev , was a direct challenge to the authorities: Bogolyubov had to endure a legal battle to get permission.Bogolyubov died on
3 February 1896 in Paris. After his death, Bogolyubov left all his money and capital (around 200 thousandRussian ruble s (approximately US$6 million) to the museum and its painting school. The school was opened after Bogolyubov's death and named Bogolyubov's Painting School (Боголюбовское Рисовальное Училище). Among painters who attended Bogolyubov's School were such important modernist painters asVictor Borisov-Musatov andPavel Kuznetsov .Footnotes
References
*Bogoliubov. by M. I. Andronnikova. Moscow. 1962
External links
* [http://www.centre.smr.ru/win/books/bogolub_zap/titul.htm Alexey Bogolyubov "Notes of an Sailor-Artist"] ru icon
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