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Russian son of an Italian sculptor, Karl Bryullov studied at the Imperial
Academy from 1815 to 1821 under the guidance of Andrei Ivanov
(1772–1848). He settled in Rome between 1823 and 1824 and had major
success with The Last Day of Pompeii, (1830–3; St. Petersburg,
Russian State Museum), inspired by archaeological research, Pliny's
account, and Pacini's opera (1825). The work reputedly moved
Bulwer-Lytton to write his novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834).
A combination of Raphael's classicism (it includes references to the Fire in the Borgo),
realistic accuracy, and melodramatic Romanticism, it was admired by Sir
Walter Scott and exhibited to great acclaim in Rome, Milan, and Paris.
Bryullov visited Greece, Turkey, and Asia Minor, returning to Russia in
1835 to become a professor.
He undertook decorations for St. Isaac's
Cathedral, St. Petersburg (1843–1847), and executed a huge historical
subject, The Siege of Pskov by Stepan Batory in 1581 (1836–43;
Moscow, Tretyakov Gallery). Bryullov was a gifted and psychologically
incisive portraitist, as demonstrated by his Nestor Kukolnik (1836; Tretyakov Gallery). He returned to Rome in 1849.
Bryullov eroded the severity of academic classicism with a new and
vital attention to the emotional possibilities of colour, becoming the
first Russian artist to gain an international reputation.
Bryullov is represented in the following collections: The Pushkin
Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; The
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, amongst others.
Source:
Sphinx Fine Art
http://www.sphinxfineart.com/Bryullov-Karl-Pavlovich-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=45&tabindex=44&artistid=18204
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 Karl Briullov was born in 1799 in Russia and was educated at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. He never fully embraced the neoclassical style taught by the Academy. After distinguishing himself as a promising and imaginative student and finishing his education, he left Russia for Rome. There he worked until 1835 as a portraitist and genre painter, though his fame as an artist came when he got involved in historical painting.
His most famous work, The Last Days of Pompeii, created a sensation in Italy and established Briullov as one of the finest painters of his day. His dramatic treatment and generous use of chiaroscuro render it somewhat farther advanced from the neoclassical style. He returned to Russia where he taught at the Academy but was unable to produce a work comparable to his "masterpiece". His portrait painting was more successful. Briullov may be considered the first Russian artist of international fame. He died in 1852.
Written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California.
Source:
From the internet, www.rollins.edu
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