Kramskoy biography of the picture

True and poetry of life. K - Flights from the day of birth, Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy. A participant in the famous “Riot of fourteen”, one of the founders of the artists of artists and the partnership of mobile art exhibitions, he was the most important ideologist of Russian realistic painting. His talent proved himself in such various genres as a historical picture, household painting, still life.

Indeed, the contribution of Kramsky to Russian portrait art is difficult to overestimate. In the images he created, he showed exceptional insight in the understanding of a person, the characteristics of his spiritual life. Portraits presented at the exhibition cover the entire period of Kramsky’s work - from the time of the student’s “male portrait”, until the last year of life “Portrait of V.

In all of them, acute observation in the transmission of nature, the ability to reflect a character full of large moral strength is visible. The images of colleagues-artists A. Kuindzhi, I. Shishkin, K. Gun, in addition, are distinguished by special spirituality and wealth of the inner world. With Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi I. Kramskoy was connected by many years of friendship. They met precisely in this house, where Kramskoy lived for a year.

He occupied a large apartment in the same ceremonial on the third floor of the old number 5, now the apartment 8, 9 and did not rent housing and Kuindzhi here in a year. In a letter dated December 6, Kramskoy wrote about the first meeting with the landscape painter: “I had an extremely interesting neighbor - Kuindzhi. He lived a substitute against my apartment, and he and I talked several times for a long time.

Unfortunately, he somehow suddenly disappeared from the apartment; Even the day before, we peacefully interpreted different matters, and there was nothing that would indicate his move, especially since he had become my neighbor for no more than three weeks, and suddenly the next day, that is the acquaintance and further communication with I. Kramsky had a great influence on the young Kuindzhi.

Despite the small difference in the age of 5 years, Ivan Nikolaevich was already a recognized master of portrait, a famous artist and art critic, ideologist and head of the Motracial partnership. His advice, conversations with him contributed to the acquisition of A. Kuindzhi of life and professional experience, awareness of his own path in art. Kramskoy introduced a young artist into the circle of advanced artists-forwards; Kuindzhi begins to actively participate in mobile exhibitions, and in the year it becomes a valid member of the partnership of mobile art exhibitions.

Later, at the end of the x, I. Kramskoy will write two portraits of Kuindzhi.

One of them, performed in the year, is currently in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, and the other stored at the Museum of the Academy of Arts, occupies a central place at our exhibition. Kramskoy depicted Kuindzhi on an unusual bright red background, emphasizing the characteristic appearance of a young southerner with a shock of dark curls and a black beard, a piercing inquisitive gaze, “a cheveler of Avssaloma and charming eyes of a bull.

Like Assur, the god of the Assyrians ”I. The artist is full of iron health and energy, he is confident in himself and gained his path in life and art. Arkhip Ivanovich loved this portrait, and kept it at home for a long time, and then he decided to transfer the academy of arts organized at his expense to the training library. In addition to the works created by I. Kramsky in different years, the exhibition first presented a unique object associated with the work of the famous artist, his easel.