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Grigory Gagarin Russian: 11 May [O.S. 29 April] 1811 - 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1893) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator.
Grigory Gagarin was born in Saint Petersburg to the noble Rurikid princely Gagarin family. His father, Prince Grigory Ivanovich Gagarin (Saint Petersburg, 17 March 1782 - Tegernsee, 12 February 1837), was a Russian diplomat in France and later the ambassador to Italy. His father married in Saint Petersburg in 1809 his mother Yekaterina Petrovna Sojmonova (Saint Petersburg, 23 May 1790 - Moscow, 27 February 1873). Thus until the age 13 the boy was with his family in Paris and Rome and then studied in the collegium Tolomei in Siena. Grigory did not receive a formal artistic education, but took private lessons from the famous Russian painter Karl Briullov who at that time lived in Italy.
In 1832 he returned to Saint Petersburg, became acquainted with Alexander Pushkin and illustrated his works The Queen of Spades and The Tale of Tsar Saltan.He also became close to the opposition Circle of Sixteen and Mikhail Lermontov. |
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ID de tableau:: 78207 Kakhetia. Karaagach Kakhetia. Karaagach
1841(1841)
Medium Oil on canvas
cyf 1841(1841)
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ID de tableau:: 79209 Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May
from 1841(1841) until 1842(1842)
Medium Oil on canvas
cyf from 1841(1841) until 1842(1842)
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ID de tableau:: 79967 Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May
from 1841(1841) until 1842(1842)
Medium Oil on canvas
cyf from 1841(1841) until 1842(1842)
Medium Oil on canvas
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ID de tableau:: 80348 Trick Ridings of Curds and Tatars in front of the Fortress Sardar-Abbat in Armenia Trick Ridings of Curds and Tatars in front of the Fortress Sardar-Abbat in Armenia
1840s
Oil on canvas
cjr 1840s
Oil on canvas
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Grigory Gagarin Russian: 11 May [O.S. 29 April] 1811 - 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1893) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator.
Grigory Gagarin was born in Saint Petersburg to the noble Rurikid princely Gagarin family. His father, Prince Grigory Ivanovich Gagarin (Saint Petersburg, 17 March 1782 - Tegernsee, 12 February 1837), was a Russian diplomat in France and later the ambassador to Italy. His father married in Saint Petersburg in 1809 his mother Yekaterina Petrovna Sojmonova (Saint Petersburg, 23 May 1790 - Moscow, 27 February 1873). Thus until the age 13 the boy was with his family in Paris and Rome and then studied in the collegium Tolomei in Siena. Grigory did not receive a formal artistic education, but took private lessons from the famous Russian painter Karl Briullov who at that time lived in Italy.
In 1832 he returned to Saint Petersburg, became acquainted with Alexander Pushkin and illustrated his works The Queen of Spades and The Tale of Tsar Saltan.He also became close to the opposition Circle of Sixteen and Mikhail Lermontov.
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