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Grigory Ivanovich Ugryumov (Russian: Григорий Иванович Угрюмов; 11 May 1764 in
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– 28 March 1823 in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
)
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(1991) was a Russian portrait and history painter in the Classical style.


Biography

He was born to merchant who was originally from
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.Русская живопись (Russian painting): Biography
/ref> In 1770, he was enrolled in the elementary classes at the
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and later studied under Ivan Akimov.RusArtNet: Biography
/ref> He graduated in 1785 and was awarded a gold medal for his painting of
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and Ishmael in the desert. In 1787, he received a fellowship to study in Italy, where he made drawings of the statues, especially those of Paolo Veronese and Guido Reni. Upon his return, he became a teacher of history painting at the Academy. In 1794, he became a Candidate Academician and was awarded the title in 1797 for his painting of the legendary 10th century hero Jan Usmar. By 1800, he was a Professor and sat on the board of the Academy. In 1820, he became the Rector of History Painting. He won the favor of a succession of Tsars and Tsarinas, executing large works at the Trinity Cathedral of
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,
Saint Michael's Castle Saint Michael's Castle (russian: Миха́йловский за́мок, ''Mikhailovsky zamok''), also called the Mikhailovsky Castle or the Engineers' Castle (russian: Инженерный замок, ''Inzhenerny zamok''), is a former royal ...
, Kazan Cathedral and the church of the
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. He was also well known for his portraits of notable people outside of the nobility. His students included many names that would become familiar, such as Andrey Ivanovich Ivanov, Vasily Shebuyev, Alexei Yegorov and
Orest Kiprensky Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (russian: Орест Адамович Кипренский -) was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably his portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1827), which prompted the ...
.


Selected paintings

File:Hagar and Ishmael in desert (Grigoriy Ugryumov).jpg, Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert (1785) File:Alexander Nevsky in Pskov, after they victory over the Germans (Grigoriy Ugryumov).jpg, Alexander Nevsky in Pskov after his victory over the Germans (1793) File:Test force of Jan Usmar (Grigoriy Ugryumov).jpg, Jan Usmar's Test of Strength (1796-1797) File:Capture of Kazan, Ivan the Terrible (Grigoriy Ugryumov).jpg, Capture of
Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...
by Ivan the Terrible (c.1800)


References


Further reading

* Z. Zonova and A. Skvortsov, ''Григорий Иванович Угрюмов. 1764—1823'', Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Искусство (1947) 2nd ed., Moscow (1966) * Nonna Alexandrovna Yakovleva, ''Григорий Угрюмов. 1764—1823'', Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Artists of the RSFSR Publishing (1982)


External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ugryumov, Grigory 18th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire 1764 births 1823 deaths 19th-century painters of historical subjects 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire