Karl Brulloff (1799 - 1852) / Карл Брюллов
je ne suis pas certain qu'il s'agisse de Karl.
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Il etait appelé par ses contemporains le grand Karl. Son chef d'oeuvre Le Dernier Jour de Pompeii (1830-1833), une creation colossale peinte en Italie en 1830-1833, fut une vraie reussite. Les critiques italiens ont comparé Brulloff aux plus grands artistes du passé, comme Rubens, Rembrandt, et Van Dyke. À l'âge de 33 Brulloff avait obtenu une reconnaissance européenne.
Je recherche un tableau de 1836, exposé au musée de .....................
Il etait appelé par ses contemporains le grand Karl. Son chef d'oeuvre Le Dernier Jour de Pompeii (1830-1833), une creation colossale peinte en Italie en 1830-1833, fut une vraie reussite. Les critiques italiens ont comparé Brulloff aux plus grands artistes du passé, comme Rubens, Rembrandt, et Van Dyke. À l'âge de 33 Brulloff avait obtenu une reconnaissance européenne.
Karl Brulloff (Brullo jusqu'en 1822, avant russification du nom de famille) est ne en 1799 a St. Petersburg dans une famille de peintres: son grand grand-père, son grand-père, son père et ses deux frères plus âgés Fedor et Alexander étaient des artistes. En 1809-1821, Karl etudia l'art a l'académie des arts de St. Petersburg. Un de ses premiers tableaux celebres Narcissus (1819), peint alors qu`il etudiait a l'académie, a ete execute en suivant les principes du Classicisme, qu`on lui avait enseigne. Brulloff a ete diplome de l`academie en recevant les honneurs et fut envoye avec son frere Alexander en Italie en tant que pensionnaires de la Societe pour la Pormotion des Artistes pour y etudier l`art
He spent in Italy 13 years, studying art of the ancient Italy, copying the antiques in the museums and making a lot of drawings in the streets of Rome. He painted portraits, both ceremonial and intimate ones, and created series of genre scenes of everyday Roman life. The most important of his genre works was Italian Midday (1827). In Italy Brulloff created over 120 portraits in various techniques. Among them are portraits of the Russian aristocracy, residing in Italy, as well as painters, sculptors, writers, etc., and also Italian statesmen and artists. Among the most notable are portraits of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, Prince G. Gagarin, Countess Yu. Samoilova and her foster children, Princess Z. Volkonskaya, Bruloff's brother Alexander, A. Lvov, Architect K. A. Ton, Italian singers Juditta Pasta and Fanny Persiani-Tacinardi and many others. He also painted several self-portraits, some of them were commissioned by the Uffizi Gallery.
One of the requirements of the Society for the Promotion of Artists for its pensioners was to paint a big historical picture. In 1827, Brulloff visited the excavation site of Pompeii, a town destroyed and buried in hot lava during an eruption of Volcano Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A.D. Brulloff was deeply impressed when he saw the town, preserved under the layer of lava, where a life was suddenly stopped. Six years were to pass between the first conception and its materialization. After the first sketches have been done, Brulloff began studying the materials of the excavations and historical documents, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, who was an eye-witness of the event. It is believed, that the son persuading his mother to come with him in the right part of the picture is Pliny with his mother. The picture The Last Day of Pompeii (1830-1833) was a huge success in Italy. It was also exhibited in Louvre, Paris.
In 1835, Brulloff returned to Russia. In the years that followed he painted mostly portraits. Among the best portraits of this period are those of Author Nestor Kukolnic, Count A. A. Perovsky (the Author Anton Pogorelsky) and his nephew future Poet and Playwright Alexey Tolstoy, Author A. N. Strugovshchikov, Princess Ye. P. Saltykova, Countess Yu. P. Samoylova.
In 1849, Brulloff had to come to Italy again for his deteriorating health, which was due to his unhappy marriage and his hard work on the paintings of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, which he was unable to finish. He spent one year on Madeira, the climate of each was believed to be beneficial for the patients with heart diseases, and his last two years in Rome. He created several excellent works during these years, including portraits of members of Tittoni family, with whom he was very close. He died in Rome on June 23, 1852. Also see Brulloff's portrait by Vasily Tropinin.
Bibliogaphy:
He spent in Italy 13 years, studying art of the ancient Italy, copying the antiques in the museums and making a lot of drawings in the streets of Rome. He painted portraits, both ceremonial and intimate ones, and created series of genre scenes of everyday Roman life. The most important of his genre works was Italian Midday (1827). In Italy Brulloff created over 120 portraits in various techniques. Among them are portraits of the Russian aristocracy, residing in Italy, as well as painters, sculptors, writers, etc., and also Italian statesmen and artists. Among the most notable are portraits of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, Prince G. Gagarin, Countess Yu. Samoilova and her foster children, Princess Z. Volkonskaya, Bruloff's brother Alexander, A. Lvov, Architect K. A. Ton, Italian singers Juditta Pasta and Fanny Persiani-Tacinardi and many others. He also painted several self-portraits, some of them were commissioned by the Uffizi Gallery.
One of the requirements of the Society for the Promotion of Artists for its pensioners was to paint a big historical picture. In 1827, Brulloff visited the excavation site of Pompeii, a town destroyed and buried in hot lava during an eruption of Volcano Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A.D. Brulloff was deeply impressed when he saw the town, preserved under the layer of lava, where a life was suddenly stopped. Six years were to pass between the first conception and its materialization. After the first sketches have been done, Brulloff began studying the materials of the excavations and historical documents, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, who was an eye-witness of the event. It is believed, that the son persuading his mother to come with him in the right part of the picture is Pliny with his mother. The picture The Last Day of Pompeii (1830-1833) was a huge success in Italy. It was also exhibited in Louvre, Paris.
In 1835, Brulloff returned to Russia. In the years that followed he painted mostly portraits. Among the best portraits of this period are those of Author Nestor Kukolnic, Count A. A. Perovsky (the Author Anton Pogorelsky) and his nephew future Poet and Playwright Alexey Tolstoy, Author A. N. Strugovshchikov, Princess Ye. P. Saltykova, Countess Yu. P. Samoylova.
In 1849, Brulloff had to come to Italy again for his deteriorating health, which was due to his unhappy marriage and his hard work on the paintings of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, which he was unable to finish. He spent one year on Madeira, the climate of each was believed to be beneficial for the patients with heart diseases, and his last two years in Rome. He created several excellent works during these years, including portraits of members of Tittoni family, with whom he was very close. He died in Rome on June 23, 1852. Also see Brulloff's portrait by Vasily Tropinin.
Bibliogaphy:
Karl Brulloff. by E. Atsarkina. Moscow. 1963. (in Russian)
Karl Brulloff in St. Petersburg. by A. Kornilova. Leningrad. 1976. (in Russian)
Russian Historical Painting. by M. Rakova. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1979. (in Russian)
Brulloff. by G.Leontyeva. Russian Painters. Leningrad. 1986. (in Russian)
Karl Brulloff. Moscow. Izobrazitelnoe Iskusstvo. 1988. (in Russian)
Famous Russians in the 18th and 19th centuries. St. Petersburg. 1996. (in Russian).
Karl Brulloff. Portrait de U. M. Smirnova. 1837-1840
http://www.abcgallery.com/B/briullov/briullovbio.html
http://www.picture.art-catalog.ru/artist.php?id_artist=21
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