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Fyodor Rokotov
(1736 - 1809) was a distinguished Russian painter who specialized in portraits.
Fyodor Rokotov was born into a family of peasant serfs, belonging to the Repnins. Much in his biography is obscure. He studied art in Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. After buying back his freedom in the end of 1750s he became established as a fashionable painter.
In 1765, Rokotov was elected an Academician, but he did not work as a professor in the Academy long, because it interfered with his painting. He returned to Moscow in 1765, where he lived for the rest of his life. He had a lot of commissions there, becoming one of the best portrait painters of his time.
Among his best-known portraits are Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya (1772), sometimes called the Russian Mona Lisa and admittedly the most celebrated piece of the 18th-century Russian painting; Portrait of Countess Elisabeth Santi (1785), and Lady in a Pink Dress.
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Painting ID:: 60585
Lady in a Pink Dress,
Lady in a Pink Dress, 1770s
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Painting ID:: 60586
Emperor Paul I as a Child
Emperor Paul I as a Child. 1761
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Painting ID:: 60600
Ivan Shuvalov 1760
Ivan Shuvalov 1760
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Painting ID:: 77545
Portrait of Anna Yuryevna Kvashnina-Samarina
1770s
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 82061
First count Bobrinsky in infancy
ca. 1763(1763)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Fyodor Rokotov
(1736 - 1809) was a distinguished Russian painter who specialized in portraits.
Fyodor Rokotov was born into a family of peasant serfs, belonging to the Repnins. Much in his biography is obscure. He studied art in Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. After buying back his freedom in the end of 1750s he became established as a fashionable painter.
In 1765, Rokotov was elected an Academician, but he did not work as a professor in the Academy long, because it interfered with his painting. He returned to Moscow in 1765, where he lived for the rest of his life. He had a lot of commissions there, becoming one of the best portrait painters of his time.
Among his best-known portraits are Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya (1772), sometimes called the Russian Mona Lisa and admittedly the most celebrated piece of the 18th-century Russian painting; Portrait of Countess Elisabeth Santi (1785), and Lady in a Pink Dress.
. Related Artists to Fyodor Rokotov: | BOEL, Pieter | Lockwood de Forest | Frederick Goodall | Giovanni dal ponte | William Henry Knight |
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