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Fyodor Fyodorovich Buchholz (Russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Бухгольц), born Teodor Buchholz (9 June 1857,
Włocławek Włocławek (; or ''Alt Lesle'', Yiddish: וולאָצלאַוועק, romanized: ''Vlatzlavek'') is a city in the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland along the Vistula River, bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park ...
- 7 May 1942,
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) was a painter, graphic artist and art teacher from the Russian Empire. He specialized in
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and historical scenes. Some of his works became popular postcards.


Biography

Teodor Alexander Ferdinand Buchholz was born in
Włocławek Włocławek (; or ''Alt Lesle'', Yiddish: וולאָצלאַוועק, romanized: ''Vlatzlavek'') is a city in the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland along the Vistula River, bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park ...
, to Eleonora née Fothke and Teodor Gustaw Buchholz, who owned a
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. After graduating from the
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in his hometown, he enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, where, between 1878 and 1886, he studied under the guidance of
Pavel Chistyakov Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov (; 5 July 1832 — 11 November 1919) was a Russian painting, Russian painter and art teacher. He is known for historical and Genre art, genre scenes as well as portraits. Biography His father was a freed serf who ha ...
and
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.Brief biography
@ RusArtNet. Later, for a long time, Teodor himself lectured at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. From 1880 to 1882, he was awarded three silver medals. In 1885, he was presented with a gold medal and the title of "Artist" for his rendering of
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and
Icarus In Greek mythology, Icarus (; , ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of King Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, Minos suspected that Icarus and Daedalu ...
. After 1888, he participated in the Academy's exhibitions as well as those of the "". While he was still a student, he began working as a graphic artist: providing illustrations for ''
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'', ' (''North'', a literary magazine) and ''Homeland'' (a scientific/historical journal). In 1891, he joined the "Association of Russian Illustrators". From 1893 to 1919, he was a teacher at the
Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts The Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (Russian: Императорское общество поощрения художеств (ОПХ)) was an organization devoted to promoting the arts that existed in Saint Petersburg from ...
. In 1902, he won the competition to design the Saint Petersburg Bicentenary medal. He mainly created battle, landscape and generic paintings, in the
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style. He put most of his paintings up for display in St. Petersburg, while also having a display at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in
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. After the
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, he was involved in the creation of
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and helped design the celebrations for revolutionary holidays. In 1918, he developed sketches for the anniversary celebrations in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), which included a triumphal arch on
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. In 1924, he became a member of the
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and, from 1932, was with the Union of Russian Artists. Between 1919 and 1932, he taught at various secondary schools and Houses of Culture. His wife was Russia's first female sculptor,
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. He died during the
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and was buried at the Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery.


Selected works

File:Fyodor Buchholz Village fire 1901.jpg, ''Village fire''
(1901) File:Fyodor Buchholz Ladyfriends.jpg, ''Ladyfriends''
(1902) File:Buchholz-Woman.jpg, Woman
(1920s) File:Fyodor Buchholz - Kirov amongst children.jpg, '' Kirov amongst children''
(early 1930s)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchholz, Teodor 1857 births 1942 deaths Painters from the Russian Empire Soviet painters People from the Russian Empire of German descent Russian genre painters Soviet artists People from Włocławek Victims of the Siege of Leningrad Burials at Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery