Alexey Vasilievich Tyranov (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Тыранов; 1808 in

Bezhetsk Bezhetsk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Bezhetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River at its confluence with the Ostrechina. Population: 20,618 (2024). It was pr ...

– 3 August 1859 in Kashin) was a Russian portrait and

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painter.

Biography

He was the son of a poor tradesman. After completing primary school in Bezhetsk, he attended the gymnasium in

Tver Tver (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers. Tver is located northwest of Moscow. Population: The city is ...

, 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 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

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. 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

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. 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

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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 The Tosna () is a northward river in Luzhsky District, Luzhsky, Tosnensky District, Tosnensky, and Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Kirovsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, as well as in the city of Saint Petersburg. It is a left tribut ...

File:Aivazovsky portrait by Tyranov.jpg,

Ivan Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (; ) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, he was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crime ...

File:Leontii Dubelt by Tyranov.jpg, Leontiy Dubbelt File:Tyranov - Young Housewife.jpg, Young Housewife

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Biography

Selected paintings

See also

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