Andrey Ivanov (painter)

Andrey Ivanovich Ivanov (Russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Ива́нов; 1775, Moscow - 24 July 1848, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter in the Neo-Classical style, active in St. Petersburg during Tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I's reigns, best known for his history pictures.^[1]

He was abandoned by his parents and was raised at the Moscow Orphanage. He was enrolled in the elementary courses at the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1782, and later studied with Grigory Ugryumov^[1] and Gabriel François Doyen, graduating in 1797. He began teaching there in 1798 and became an Academician in 1803. During this time, he was engaged in copying the old Italian masters and painting icons. In 1812 he was appointed a Professor^[2] for his painting of Prince Mstislav the Brave and the defeat of Rededya.^[1] In 1820, he painted the fresco "Minerva Hovering in the Sky" for the iron staircase at the Academy.

His painting "The Death of General Kulnev" angered Tsar Nicholas I when it was exhibited in 1830,^[2] apparently because it portrayed a controversial (and almost certainly apocryphal) moment from the incident; Kulnev's order to his allied officers to remove their insignia so the enemy wouldn't know that the Russian army was without a commander. As a result, Ivanov was removed from the Academy, on the Tsar's insistence.^[2] A few years later, when Karl Bryullov returned to Russia and was presented with a laurel wreath, he took it off his head and placed it on Ivanov's instead, as a sign of respect and appreciation.

Despite his forced retirement, Ivanov remained active as a painter and member of several artistic societies. He died of cholera.^[2] The Ivanovs' burial, in the Smolensky Cemetery, seems to be lost by the 1850s.^[3][4] His son was the painter Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov.

• Narrative paintings
• Selene and Endymion, 1797; Picture Gallery, Pskov
• Adam and Eve with Their Children, 1803; Russian Museum
• Death of Pelopidas, c. 1805–1806; Tretyakov Gallery
• Transfiguration of Jesus, c. 1807–1809; Museum of the History of Religion, St. Petersburg, originally from Kazan Cathedral
• Presentation of Jesus, 1800s; Russian Museum, originally from Kazan Cathedral
• The Exploit of a Kievan Boy, 1810; Russian Museum
• Prince Mstislav of Chernigov Defeats Prince Rededya, 1812; Russian Museum
• Minerva in the Heavens, sketch for a fresco in the Imperial Academy of Arts building, c. 1819–1820; Russian Museum
• St. Ambrose Barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral, 1829; Tretyakov Gallery, originally from the Sretenskaya Church in Beijing^[5]

• Portrait paintings
• Self-Portrait, 1800; Tretyakov Gallery, formerly in the Rumyantsev Museum
• Yekaterina Ivavova (née Demert), the painter's spouse, 1800; Tretyakov Gallery, pendant to the prior

• Ivanov, Alexander A.; et al. (1880). Botkin, Mikhail P. (ed.). Александр Андреевич Иванов: Его жизнь и переписка, 1806–1858 гг (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Mikhail Botkin. OCLC 27355439.
• Ivanov, Alexander A.; et al. (2001). Vinogradov, Igor A. [in Russian] (ed.). Александр Иванов в письмах, документах, воспоминаниях (in Russian). Moscow: XXI Vek — Soglasiye. ISBN 5-293-00034-9. OCLC 47271547.
• Korovkevich, Sofya V. (1972). Андрей Иванович Иванов (in Russian). Moscow: Iskusstvo. OCLC 4675862.
• Moleva, Nina M. [in Russian] (1962). "Андрей Иванов, Алексей Егоров, Василий Шебуев". Выдающиеся русские художники-педагоги (in Russian). Moscow: Academy of Arts of the USSR. pp. 72–135. OCLC 874078094.
• Savinov, Alexei N. [in Russian] (1954). "Андрей Иванович Иванов". In Leonov, Alexei I. (ed.). Русское искусство: очерки о жизни и творчестве художников. Первая половина девятнадцатого века (in Russian). Moscow: Iskusstvo. pp. 9–26. OCLC 489749250.
• Sobko, Nikolai P. [in Russian] (1895). "Иванов, Андрей Иванович". Словарь русских художников (in Russian). Vol. 2. Saint Petersburg: M. Stasyulevich. cols. 301–319. OCLC 889716402.

Media related to Andrey Ivanovich Ivanov at Wikimedia Commons

• Andrey Ivanovich Ivanov at the Russian Academy of Arts' official website (in Russian)