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VRUBEL Mikhail

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VRUBEL Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1856-1910) - painter. Born March 5, 1856, Mr.. Omsk. Father Wrubel, Alexander - a Pole, an officer who served in the Omsk fortress from 1853 to 1856. His mother, Anna, nee Basargina, a relative of the Decembrist NV. Basargin - died when the boy was 3 years old. The house in which lived Vrubel in Omsk, not preserved: it was located at the intersection of the New (St.. Chkalov) and pr. K. Marx (St.. Artillery). In 1859, Mr.. Vrubel father was transferred to Astrakhan, followed by frequent travel, associated with its internal transitions. Children and youth Vrubel held in St. Petersburg (where he was involved in drawing school Society for the Encouragement of Arts), in Saratov, Odessa. After graduating in 1874,. Odessa classical gymnasium entered the law faculty of St. Petersburg University. In recent years, a student, he attended an evening class PP. Chistyakov the Academy of Arts. After graduating from the university and serving his military duty, he served as a lawyer in the Chief Military Ship Management. Autumn 1880. became a student of the Academy of Arts. The first academic work Vrubel very own original design and exceptional treatment (watercolor "Presentation in the Temple" and "Piruyuschie Romans"). In 1884 at the invitation of Professor A. V. Prahova participated in the restoration of murals and frescoes of St. Cyril's Church in Kiev, has created a number of tracks on its walls, the most difficult of which "Holy Spirit" and "Tombstone crying". In 1884 Vrubel went to Venice, where he wrote for the iconostasis of St. Cyril's Church 4 icons: "Christ," "Lady", "CB. Cyril and CB. Athanasius'. In 1887, Mr.. He was charged with execution of frescoes for the Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev, but presented Vrubel sketches "Tombstone crying" and "Resurrection" is not accepted by the commission to be satisfactory due to lack of religiosity. In the cathedral he managed to perform only a few fragments. In 1889, Mr.. Vrubel moved to Moscow, met with. I. Mamontov and members of his circle, which included well-known artists in. A. Serov, and. I. Levitan, K. I. Cows, VM. Vasnetsov. In this period of his life he has created a significant number of works painted portraits. I. Mamontov and K.D. Artsybusheva fulfilled illustrations for the works M. YU. Lermontov. They were created 13 drawings, most of which belonged to the "Demon". This topic has gone through all the work Wrubel, completion of creative work was the creation in 1901. the famous "Demon" (Tretyakov Gallery). In 1891, Mr.. headed artistic pottery in the estate with. I. Mamontov in Abramtzevo, which prompted the artist to do ceramics and sculpture. Twice (1891-92, 1894) has been abroad, visited Rome, Milan, Paris, Athens. Returning to Moscow, took up a new type of work - decorative panels. In 1896, Mr.. they were written by a panel of Nizhny Novgorod for the All-Russia Exhibition. Vrubel left more than 200 works. Among them - portraits, paintings, decorative panels, illustrations and sketches of theatrical curtains, works of sculpture, the design of buildings. The most significant paintings Vrubel: "Walking on Water" (1891), "Portrait of the Artist's Wife" (1898), "Lilac" (1901), "Pan" (1899), "On the Night" (1900), "The Swan Princess" (1900) - all are in the Tretyakov Gallery. In 1901, Mr.. began in Vrubel severe mental illness, in 1906. he became blind and April 1, 1910. died in St. Petersburg. In Omsk Museum of Fine Arts 3 stores the original works by the artist, including ceiling fixtures, Roses and Orchids "and" Yellow Roses ", created by him for the interior of the house E.D. Dunker in Moscow and transferred in 1924. Omsk Museum. In the 20-ZO-ies. Omsk worked art-industrial college, named after Vrubel. His name park, located on the left bank of the Om, opposite the house artist.



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  • Pictures M. A. Vrubel site A. Tarasenko, "Russian painting".

  • 9 works M. A. Vrubel can be found in the section "Russian Art" on a private page, George Mitrevski (Auburn University, USA).




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