Evdokim Alekseevich Egorov (Russian: Евдоким Алексеевич Егоров; 1832 - 1891) was a Russian painter, porcelain painter, and etcher. He was the son of

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Biography

He was born 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 ...

, the son of

and Vera Ivanovna Martos (1799 - 11 January 1856ЦГИА СПб. ф.19. оп.111. д.346 с. 620. Метрические книги церкви Департамента уделов.), daughter of the sculptor Ivan Martos. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Saint Petersburg, and then became curator of the Moscow Museum. Later, in 1874, he moved to

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. He lived in Paris with his wife. From his arrival in Paris in 1874 through the 1880s he owned studios in Paris, working on "perfecting the craft and studying French techniques." Among his students was

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. Vasilii Dmitrievich and

Ilya Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin (russian: Илья Ефимович Репин, translit=Il'ya Yefimovich Repin, p=ˈrʲepʲɪn); fi, Ilja Jefimovitš Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is now Ukraine. He became one of the ...

also spent time in his studio. He was keen on "fostering the ceramic arts, especially raising their prestige, and hoped to teach peasants the craft." Russian academicians became interested in ceramics too, and in June 1876

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requested that the artists working with Egorov sent him examples of their work, wishing to improve Russian production. Egorov died in Paris in 1891, having lived 17 years in the city. It was said that he didn't reach his father's fame as a painter.

Bibliography

* Proceedings of the Anglo-Russian Literary Society, No. 40, May, June, and July 1904, p. 27.

Selected works

File:Egorov, portrait of French printer Auguste Delâtre.jpg, ''Portrait of Auguste Delâtre'', 1883

References

External links

Evdokim Alekseevich Egorov at the British Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Egorov, Evdokim Alekseevich 1832 births 1891 deaths Painters from the Russian Empire Kalmyk people 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire Artists from Saint Petersburg Porcelain painters