Khariton Platonov
Khariton Platonov | |
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Харитон Платонович Платонов | |
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Born | 1842 |
Died | September 18, 1907 | (aged 64–65)
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1893) |
Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1870) |
Known for | Painting |
Style | Academism |
Movement | Peredvizhniki |
Khariton Platonovich Platonov (Russian: Харито́н Плато́нович Плато́нов; 1842, Vorona, Mologsky Uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire - 18 September 1907, Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine)) was a Russian Imperial genre painter and art professor who spent most of his career in Kiev. A majority of his works feature young women as their subjects.
Biography
He was born to a peasant family. From 1859 to 1870, he attended the Imperial Academy of Arts where he was awarded silver medals for "success in drawing" in 1862, 1863 and 1867.[1] Upon graduating, he was given the title of "Artist", third degree, and became a lecturer at a district school in Tsarskoye Selo.[1] After presenting two works at the Academy's exhibition in 1872, he was promoted to Artist, second degree.
In 1878, for his painting "Bulgarian Boy", he received a gold medal from the Academy's council. In 1883, he became an Artist of the first degree and, in 1893 was named an "Academician".[2] In 1889, his painting "The Little Jewish Girl" was purchased by Finance Minister Ivan Vyshnegradsky
After 1877, he was a resident of Kiev, where he taught at the Kiev Drawing School; founded in 1875 by Nikolay Murashko. From 1884 to 1889, he worked on the mural restoration project at St. Cyril's Church, under the direction of Mikhail Vrubel.[1] In 1901, he helped reorganize the drawing school and broaden its curriculum to become the "Kiev Art School". Among his most prominent students were Mykola Pymonenko, Mykola Burachek and Mykhailo Zhuk .
He had major showings at the 31st and 32nd exhibitions of the Peredvizhniki and exhibited widely throughout Russia.[3]
Works
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Spilled milk (1876)
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Boy shooting a bow (1878)
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The little baby-sitter (1880)
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Naymichka (1886)
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Berry sellers (1888)
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Oksana (1888)
References
- ^ a b c Brief biography @ RusArtNet.
- ^ Biographical notes Archived 2012-11-16 at the Wayback Machine @ ArtRu.
- ^ Товарищества передвижных художественных выставок: a list of the Peredvizhniki and their exhibits.
External links
Media related to Khariton Platonov at Wikimedia Commons