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Alexey Vasilievich Tyranov (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Тыранов; 1808 in
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– 3 August 1859 in Kashin) was a Russian portrait and genre painter.


Biography

He was the son of a poor tradesman. After completing primary school in Bezhetsk, he attended the gymnasium in Tver, but was unable to complete his studies due to a lack of money. He returned home and began working for his brother Mikhail, who was an
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. In 1824, while with his brother at the Monastery of St. Nicholas in Terebeni in Tver, he met the painter Alexey Venetsianov, who invited him to study at his art school in the nearby village of Safonkovo.Brief biography
@ RusArtNet. After completing his studies there, he received Venetsianov's recommendation to audit classes at the
Imperial Academy of Fine Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...
and was granted permission to work at the Hermitage.Brief biography
@ Russian Paintings. During this time, he made lithographs of Venetsianov's works on behalf of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. In 1830, the Academy awarded him a gold medal and named him an "Artist" in 1832. In 1836, he became a member of the Academy and began working with Karl Briullov. Three years later, he was named an "Academician" and was awarded a stipend to study in Rome. After falling in love with one of his Italian models, he took her with him to Saint Petersburg in 1842. Two years later, she ran away with all of his money, which caused an emotional breakdown that left him mentally disturbed and subject to
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. For long periods, he was unable to work and fell into poverty. Although he was eventually awarded a small pension by the Academy, he found it necessary to go live with his brother in Kashin and died there shortly after, apparently from tuberculosis.


Selected paintings

File:Alexey Tyranov - Boy with bubbles.jpg, Boy with Bubbles File:Alexey Tyranov. Angel fighting for the soul.jpg, Angel Fighting for
Possession of a Soul File:Alexey Tyranov. View on the Hermitage Library. 1827.jpg, Interior view of the Hermitage Library File:Alexey Tyranov. View of the River Tosno. 1827 (GRM).jpg, View of the Tosna River


See also

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List of Russian artists This is a list of Russians artists. In this context, the term "Russian" covers the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities living in Ru ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyranov, Alexey 1808 births 1859 deaths People from Bezhetsk People from Bezhetsky Uyezd 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Russian portrait painters Russian genre painters 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Russia