Evgraf Fedorovich Krendovsky, born in
1810, Russia, was the son of a low-ranking military officer, and began
his own career in police of the town of Arzamas, Russia.
In early 1830s he came to St. Petersburg
to Venetsianov’s school. He stayed with Venetsianov
till 1835, when he had to return home for family reasons. Later he worked
as a private teacher of art of the children of a noble landlady V. M. Ostrogradskaya
in her estate in Poltava, Ukraine. Staying there he painted portraits on
commissions from the local gentry, executed genre scenes and portraits
of the common people, had commissions from the local churches. Before World
War II many of his works were collected together in a small museum of the
painter. Unfortunately during the war the museum was burnt, the destiny
of the paintings is unknown.
The last years Krendovsky lived in the
estate of his brother in Nizhegorodsky Guberniya (region). He died there
in 1870.
Notes
Preparations for the Hunt. The standing
man, cleansing his rifle, is the artist himself, the other hunters are
the children of V. Ostrogradskaya, whom the artist gave lessons in drawing
and painting.
Alexander Alexandrovich Bashilov
(1777-1849), senator, Privy Councilor, in the painting is with his family
and two children, Yakov and Sasha, of the Count de Balman.
