Fedor Rokotov

Russian Painter, ca.1735-1808 Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov (Fedor Rokotov) (Russian: ?????????? ??????????́?????????? ????́??????????) (1736?C1809) was a distinguished Russian painter who specialized in portraits. Fyodor Rokotov was born into a family of peasant serfs, belonging to the Repnins. Much in his biography is obscure. He studied art in Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. After buying back his freedom in the end of 1750s he became established as a fashionable painter. In 1765, Rokotov was elected an Academician, but he did not work as a professor in the Academy long, because it interfered with his painting. He returned to Moscow in 1765, where he lived for the rest of his life. He had a lot of commissions there, becoming one of the best portrait painters of his time. Among his best-known portraits are Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya (1772), sometimes called the Russian Mona Lisa and admittedly the most celebrated piece of the 18th-century Russian painting; Portrait of Countess Elisabeth Santi (1785), and Lady in a Pink Dress (1770s, illustration, right). Rokotov avoided painting formal portraits with lots of adornments and decorations. Instead he was one of the first Russian painters advancing a psychological portrait with attention to optical and atmospheric effects.


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Fedor Rokotov Portrait of Catherine II oil


Portrait of Catherine II
Painting ID::  3567
Portrait of Catherine II
1770 The Hermitage, St.Petersburg
1770_ The_Hermitage,_St.Petersburg
   
   
     

Fedor Rokotov Count I. G. Orlov. oil


Count I. G. Orlov.
Painting ID::  60587
Count I. G. Orlov.
Count I. G. Orlov. c.1762-1765
Count_I._G._Orlov._c.1762-1765
   
   
     

Fedor Rokotov Catherine II, oil


Catherine II,
Painting ID::  60588
Catherine II,
Catherine II, 1770
Catherine_II,_1770
   
   
     

Fedor Rokotov Alexandra Struyskaya oil


Alexandra Struyskaya
Painting ID::  60589
Alexandra Struyskaya
Alexandra Struyskaya. 1772
Alexandra_Struyskaya._1772
   
   
     

Fedor Rokotov Anna Yuryevna Kvashnina Samarina. oil


Anna Yuryevna Kvashnina Samarina.
Painting ID::  60602
Anna Yuryevna Kvashnina Samarina.
Anna Yuryevna Kvashnina-Samarina. 1770s
Anna_Yuryevna_Kvashnina-Samarina._1770s
   
   
     

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     Russian Painter, ca.1735-1808 Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov (Fedor Rokotov) (Russian: ?????????? ??????????́?????????? ????́??????????) (1736?C1809) was a distinguished Russian painter who specialized in portraits. Fyodor Rokotov was born into a family of peasant serfs, belonging to the Repnins. Much in his biography is obscure. He studied art in Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. After buying back his freedom in the end of 1750s he became established as a fashionable painter. In 1765, Rokotov was elected an Academician, but he did not work as a professor in the Academy long, because it interfered with his painting. He returned to Moscow in 1765, where he lived for the rest of his life. He had a lot of commissions there, becoming one of the best portrait painters of his time. Among his best-known portraits are Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya (1772), sometimes called the Russian Mona Lisa and admittedly the most celebrated piece of the 18th-century Russian painting; Portrait of Countess Elisabeth Santi (1785), and Lady in a Pink Dress (1770s, illustration, right). Rokotov avoided painting formal portraits with lots of adornments and decorations. Instead he was one of the first Russian painters advancing a psychological portrait with attention to optical and atmospheric effects.

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