Alexey Venetsianov


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Name
Alexey Venetsianov
Life Dates
1780 - 1847
Country
Russia
Movement
Romanticism

Alexey Venetsianov Biography

Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov was born to the family of a merchant of Greek origin. He entered the state service in early 1800s and was transferred to St. Petersburg, where in his spare time he began to study art; he copied pictures in the Hermitage, painted friends. He got acquainted with the outstanding painter of his time Vladimir Borovikovsky and for some period lived in his house as a disciple. He tried to work as a freelance portraitist, but had little commissions. In 1811, the Board of the Academy of Arts awarded him the title of an Academician for his 2 works: Self-Portrait. and Portrait of K. I. Golovachevsky and the Younger Pupils of the Academy.


Alexey Venetsianov 39 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

Alexey Venetsianov Bibliography

Painters of Venetzianov’s School by T. Alexeeva. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1982.

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