Vasily Khudyakov

Vasily Khudyakov
Василий Григорьевич Худяков
Portrait lithograph by Vasily Timm, from the Russian Art Folio (1861)
Born	(1826-01-05)January 5, 1826 Akshuat, Simbirsk Governorate
Died	July 26, 1876(1876-07-26) (aged 50) St. Petersburg
Education	Member Academy of Arts (1851) Professor by rank (1860)
Alma mater	Moscow School of Painting Imperial Academy of Arts
Known for	Painting

Vasily Grigorievich Khudyakov (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич Худяко́в; 5 January 1826 [O.S. 24 December 1825] — 26 July 1871 [O.S. 14]) was a Russian history, portrait and genre painter.

Biography

He began his studies at the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry, then spent almost two years at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (MSPSA). His mentor there was Professor Fyodor Zav'yalov, who invited him to be an assistant for decorative work that was being done in the entrance hall of Kremlin Palace. Some of his paintings were shown at the Imperial Academy of Arts, where they received a silver medal.

In 1848, he went to Saint Petersburg and audited classes at the Academy. In his rush to be named a "Free Artist", he accepted a silver medal and passed up the opportunity to compete for a gold one. After that, he mostly painted portraits on commission. In 1851, upon completing one of Dean Avraam Melnikov, he was named an "Academician".

Among other notable works at this time were "Finnish Smugglers", one of the first two works purchased by Pavel Tretyakov for his gallery, and "Persecution of Christians in the East", purchased by Tsar Nicholas I as a gift to King Otto of Greece.

In 1856, he visited France and Italy; staying in Paris, Rome and Naples for about four years while continuing to execute commissions for members of the Russian nobility. On the basis of these works, he was named a Professor by the Academy in 1860. After returning, he became a teacher at the MSPSA. In 1862, he moved to Saint Petersburg, where he continued to exhibit frequently. He died of cholera in 1871.

Selected paintings

• 
  Finnish Smugglers
• 
  Captured Queen Syuyumbika leaving Kazan
• 
  Herodias and her daughter before cutting off the head of John the Baptist

Further reading

• Bayura, Luiza P. (2007). Василий Григорьевич Худяков, 1826–1871 (in Russian). Ulyanovsk: Region-Invest. ISBN 978-5-903817-27-6. OCLC 775817413.
• Botkina, Aleksandra P. (1995). Павел Михайлович Третьяков в жизни и искусстве (in Russian). Moscow: Iskusstvo. pp. 25, 28, 29, 40, 47, 50–54, 237, 240, 273, 299–301, 304, 305, 312. ISBN 5-210-01313-8. OCLC 35310641.
• Kornilov, Pyotr Ye. [in Russian] (1926). Василий Григорьевич Худяков (PDF) (in Russian). Kazan: Central Museum of the Tatar ASSR.
• Kornilov, Pyotr Ye. (1958). "Василий Григорьевич Худяков". In Leonov, Alexei I. (ed.). Русское искусство: очерки о жизни и творчестве художников. Середина девятнадцатого века (in Russian). Moscow: Iskusstvo. pp. 387–398. OCLC 174704011.
• Petrov, Pyotr N. (1866). Сборник материалов для истории Императорской Санкт-Петербургской академии художеств за сто лет ее существования (in Russian). Vol. 3. Saint Petersburg: Gogenfelden and Co. pp. 71, 115, 155, 163, 211, 226, 232, 355, 444, 447. OCLC 676719786.
• Petrov, Pyotr N. (December 7, 1871). "Василий Григорьевич Худяков (1825–1871 г.)". Vsemirnaya Illyustratsiya. Vol. 8, no. 22 (204). p. 343. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
• Shestimirov, Aleksandr A. (2004). Забытые имена: русская живопись XIX века (in Russian). Moscow: Belyi gorod. pp. 54–61. ISBN 5-7793-0832-2. OCLC 315220468.
• Stites, Richard (2005). Serfdom, Society, and the Arts in Imperial Russia: The Pleasure and the Power. New Haven, CO; London: Yale University Press. pp. 329, 344. ISBN 0-300-10889-3. LCCN 2005933516. OCLC 123081421.

External links

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