Vasily Sternberg
Vasily Ivanovich Sternberg (Ukrainian: Василь Іванович Штернберґ, Russian: Василий Иванович Штернберг; (12 February 1818, Saint Petersburg - 8 September 1845, Rome) was a Russian and Ukrainian landscape and genre painter.[1]
Biography
His father was a mining official. He began by auditing classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts and became a full student in 1835, studying landscape painting with Maxim Vorobiev.[1] In addition to his formal works, he was known for his delightful drawings and caricatures.
Summers were spent at the home of his patron in a region of the Ukraine known as "Little Russia". Many of his best-known works were inspired by what he saw there. Some of his works were purchased by Tsar Nicholas I as gifts for the Tsar's family.[1] He was honored with the title of "Artist Class XIV".
From 1839 to 1840, he served in the expeditionary force to Khiva, led by General Vasily Alekseevich Perovsky.[2] Following that, he received a fellowship from the Academy to work in Rome.[2] He died there five years later, aged only twenty-seven.
References
- 1 2 3 "Штернберг, Василий Иванович". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes). St. Petersburg. 1890–1907.
- 1 2 RusArtNet: Biography
External links
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