Famous artists of St. Petersburg of the 19-21 centuries made an outstanding contribution to the development of not only domestic but also world culture as a whole. Their works are popular not only in our country, but also abroad, primarily in Western European countries and in the USA. The school of the Northern capital of our country has many famous surnames of painters. This review is limited by the characteristics of the work of the most prominent and famous of them.
Characteristic of the era
Famous artists of St. Petersburg of the 19th century were formed on the basis of the traditions of the Academy of Arts, founded in the second half of the 18th century. This educational institution played an important role in the cultural life of the capital of the empire. She largely borrowed the achievements of Western European masters, but at the same time her goal was to educate and train national talents: sculptors, painters, architects. The Academy largely determined the development of fine art. This was facilitated by the fact that the institution was assigned to the Ministry of Education, as well as to the imperial court. She did not have any difficulties with financing, her students were sent abroad, which led to favorable conditions for the development of painting.
Bryullov
Famous artists of St. Petersburg were somehow connected with the Academy. For example, the famous artist K.P. Bryullov taught at this institution for some time. He was appointed a junior professor and led the academic class. The period from 1836 to 1849 was the period of his work in St. Petersburg. Then he was already a recognized master thanks to the painting "The Last Day of Pompeii", which was a resounding success in Western European countries and made the artist a real celebrity.
In the capital, he was commissioned to write a monumental canvas on a theme from ancient Russian history. An episode of the siege of Pskov by the Polish king in 1581 was taken as the plot. The canvas was never finished, despite the careful preparation and hard work of the author on it.
At the same time, he was a recognized master of ceremonial and chamber portraits. He penned a number of images of prominent contemporaries: the poet Zhukovsky, playwright Kukolnik, fabulist Krylov. However, the author went a difficult way from a harmonious light portrait to complex psychological images, an example of which is his famous self-portrait.
Repin
Famous artists of St. Petersburg have become outstanding masters of their time, they have contributed a lot to the development of painting. It is to such authors I. Repin. The years 1863-1871 became his first St. Petersburg period of creativity. Being a recognized master of realism, he wrote on a variety of topics. But a characteristic feature of his work is the fact that even in his historical canvases he always remained an artist of the present, reducing the distance between the audience and the past. In this period of creativity, he created his famous painting "Haulers on the Volga." The second stage of his work in St. Petersburg took place in 1882-1900, when he painted historical canvases, which became real masterpieces of painting. Among them should be called "Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan." He also paints portraits, for example, he knows the canvas depicting his friend Garshin.
Soviet period
Famous artists of St. Petersburg of the 20th century continued the traditions of the pre-revolutionary school, but at the same time brought a lot of new to the development of Russian painting. The fame is the work of N. Timkov, a Soviet painter who worked mainly in the genre of landscape. But the first period was connected with the creation of a whole series of paintings dedicated to the besieged Leningrad, in the defense of which he took part. Another painter, S. Osipov, devoted himself to creating paintings related to traditional subjects from Russian history. One of his most famous works was the painting βHouse with an Archβ.
Modern stage
Famous artists of St. Petersburg of the 21st century are also known both in our country and abroad. Genre and historical paintings were written by O. Yeremeyev. Another contemporary painter V. Bratanyuk devoted his work mainly to theatrical figures. The most famous of his paintings, which depict ballerinas. These paintings are distinguished by beautiful light colors and elegance of figures. So, the famous artists of St. Petersburg made a significant contribution to the cultural heritage of the country and the world.