 | Alexei Petrovich BOGOLIUBOV 1824 — 1896Олексій Петрович БОГОЛЮБОВ • Алексей Петрович БОГОЛЮБОВAlexei Petrovich Bogoliubov, a Russian landscape painter, was born into the family of a retired military officer; by mother side he was the grandson of A. N. Radischev. In 1841, Bogoliubov graduated from a military school, served in the navy. He studied at St. Petersburg Art Academy (1849-1853) in the studios of M. Vorobyev and B. Villevalde. His works were influenced by Ivan Ayvazovsky. In 1853, he finished the Academy with a Major Gold medal. Simultaneously he retired from the Navy as a military officer and was appointed an artist to the Navy headquarters. In 1854-60, he traveled to Italy, France and Germany. In Rome the painter met Alexander Ivanov. In Düsseldorf, Bogoliubov took lessons from the painter Andreas Achenbach. In Paris, he admired the artists of the Barbizon School, and simultaneously criticized them. French painters, in their turn, appreciated the originality of their Russian colleague, his unwillingness to compose landscapes, and devotion to nature. Camille Corot loved to visit Bogoliubov’s studio, Charles François Daubigny exchanged works with the Russian painter. Upon his return in 1860 to St. Petersburg Bogoliubov held his solo exhibit at St. Petersburg Art Academy, after which he became an academic. In the 1860’s, he traveled along the Volga. Since 1873 lived and worked primarily in Paris. Paintings of Bogoliubov have a good feeling of space and vary in light intensity depending upon the time of the evening. |
