Grabar Igor Emmanuilovich

Born in 1871, studied in Moscow at the Lyceum Tsarevich Nicholas and the Faculty of Law University of St. Petersburg. At the end of his (1893) enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, then studied in Paris and Munich. When he returned, he entered the Repin's studio, but stayed there a short time and then went to Munich, where he enrolled in school Ashbe; a year later became a teacher at this school. In 1901, Mr.. settled in St. Petersburg, where, together with Prince Shcherbakov began a major artistic enterprise "Contemporary Art", made a series of exhibitions of individual artists, applied art, Japanese painting, etc.. Grabar undertook a trip to North Russia, studying the ancient wooden architecture. Since 1902. Grabar participates in exhibitions "World of Art", in the "Salon" and "Union"; exhibits and abroad: in Munich, in Paris, in the "Salon d'Automne", in 1906. the exhibition of Russian art, arranged S.P. Diaghilev, in Rome at the International Exhibition in 1909. and t. d. In the first period of artistic activity Grabar is a realist and is adjacent to the circle of Moscow's landscape, and then enjoys solving the technical problems of painting and became a leading representative of the school puantelistov in Russia. In a series of large paintings and vivid sketches, he portrays Russian nature and gives workshops "nature morte". In the Tretyakov Gallery has paintings: "Ray of the Sun" (1900), "February azure" (1904) and "unstripped Table" (1907), in the museum of Alexander III: "Lilac and me-nots" (1905), in the collection in. Hirshman in Moscow "The September Snow" (1903), "Weeping Birch" (1904) and "Chrysanthemum" (1905); collection IA. Morozova "March Snow" (1904), in literary and artistic circle in Moscow, "Frost" (1906), the National Gallery in Rome "Morning Tea" (1904). Grabar has written extensively about art: the "World of Art", . "Libra", . "The old years", . Apollo, . Niva et al, . text in the publication Knebel: "Paintings by contemporary artists in paint", . the editor of which he also composed, he is also the editor and the largest undertaken by the employee Knebel publications: "History of Russian Art", . as well as several books: "Russian artists",
. In early 1913. Moscow City Duma was elected trustee of the Tretyakov Gallery. In addition to painting, he studied in Munich and architecture. According to his projects in 1912 - 13 years built in Khimki, near Moscow, a hospital town "Zaharinskaya Hospital. - See. Alexander Benois, Russian School of Painting ", and. Ostroukhov and C. Verbs Art Gallery II. and C. Tretyakovs ". S. P-va.