Ivan Yakovlevich Vishnyakov (Russian: Ива́н Я́ковлевич Вишняко́в; 1699, in

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– 1761, in

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) was a Russian portrait painter and

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in the

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style.
Обзор творчества Ивана Яковлевича Вишнякова
(brief biography and artwork)

Life and works

He was briefly apprenticed to be a varnisher, then was sent to the "Канцелярия от строений" (Chancellory of Buildings) in 1727, where he studied under Louis Caravaque, a French portrait painter living in Russia, and

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. He qualified as a master painter in 1739 and became head of the Chancellory after Matveyev's early death. He painted murals in many of the palaces and churches of Saint Petersburg and its suburbs, including the

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, the

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and the

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. He also did portraits and icons, restored paintings and appraised the works of foreign artists. His portraits were among the first to depart from the flat, static style favored at the Imperial Court. Among his best-known students were Alexei Antropov, Alexei Ivanovich Belsky and Ivan Firsov. In 1740 he attained the rank of Court Counselor (a civil ranking equal to lieutenant-colonel) and in 1752 became a Collegiate Assessor.

Gallery

File:Anna Leopoldovna in orange dress by I.Vishnyakov (1740s, Russian museum).jpg, Grand Duchess

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(c. 1740) File:Portrait of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna by Ivan Vishnyakov.jpg, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna (1743) File:Ivan Vishnyakov 08.jpg, Vasily Daragan (1745) File:Ivan Vishnyakov 05.jpg, Matvey Semyonovich Begichev (1757)

References

External links

RusArtNet: Brief biography

Icons by Vishnyakov {{DEFAULTSORT:Vishnyakov, Ivan Yakovlevich 1699 births 1761 deaths 18th-century painters from the Russian Empire Male painters from the Russian Empire

Life and works

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