Ivan Firsov (Russian: Иван Иванович Фирсов, c.1733 in
Moscow
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– c.1785 in
Saint-Petersburg
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) was a Russian painter.
Life
He studied and worked at the "Chancellory of Buildings" (Канцелярия от строений) from 1747 to 1756, and was a pupil of
Ivan Vishnyakov. In the late 1750s, he became a Court Painter. In that office, he created decorative paintings in the palaces and churches, designed costumes and other appurtenances for festivals, painted icons and created theatrical scenery.
His canvas, "The Young Painter" is one of the first works of Russian
genre
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art. It was done during or immediately after a stay in Paris, where he had been sent to study at the
Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture
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. It is currently in the
Tretyakov Gallery
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.
Sources
* In the original Russian, this article incorporates text from the ''
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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It was published in the Russian Em ...
'' (1890-1907).
Further reading
* T. V. Аlekseyeva: ''Из истории русского искусства второй половины 18 века: Иван Фирсов'' (History of Russian Art of the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century), Искусство (1976)
* Yevgraf Konchin: ''Итак, Иван Фирсов?'' (So, Ivan Firsov?). Magazine article from ''Юный художник'' (Young Artist), October 1982, pgs. 39-41
External links
Alexander Boguslawski/MyWeb: Critical appreciation of "The Young Painter"
1730s births
1785 deaths
Painters from the Russian Empire
Male painters from the Russian Empire
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