Alexander Beggrov
Alexander Beggrov | |
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| Александр Карлович Беггров | |
 Portrait of Beggrov by an unknown artist (1890) | |
| Born | 17 December 1841 |
| Died | 14 April 1914 (aged 72) |
| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1899) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1873) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Peredvizhniki |
Alexander Karlovich Beggrov (Alexander Beggrow, Russian: Александр Карлович Беггров, 29 December [O.S. 17 December] 1841 – 27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1914) was a Russian landscape and marine art painter of Baltic German origin,[1] notable for his seascapes and Saint Petersburg cityscapes.
Biography
[edit]Alexander Beggrov was a son of Karl Beggrov (Beggrow), a German painter who spent all his career in Russia. He decided to become a naval officer, and in 1863, he went into the navy. In particular, in 1871-1872 he participated in the round-the-world journey. Still as a naval officer, in 1868 he started his art studies under the supervision of Alexey Bogolyubov.[2] In 1873, Bogolyubov moved to France, and Beggrov, who wanted to continue his art studies, enrolled in the Royal Academy of Arts, where he studied under Mikhail Konstantinovich Clodt for a year.[3][4] In 1874, he retired from the navy and moved to Paris, where he mainly continued to work under the guidance of Bogolyubov. He also got to know Russian artists working in France, including Ilya Repin.
In 1875, Beggrov returned to Saint Petersburg, and in 1878, he joined the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions. In 1879, he travelled by sea to Greece, and from there to France, where he stayed for two years. Subsequently, Alexander Beggrov moved back to Russia and settled in Gatchina. In 1903, his wife died. Last years of his life, Beggrov was terminally ill. In August 1914, he committed suicide.[4]
Selected paintings
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Petersburg Exchange (1891) -
Saint Petersburg in winter (1879) -
Gunfire Casement on the Frigate "Oslyabya" -
Morning on Nevsky Prospekt (1886) -
Embankment at the Admiralty (1881) -
On the Deck of the Frigate "Svetlana" (1883)
References
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- ^ Neumann, Wilhelm (1908). Lexikon Baltischer Künstler (in German). Riga: Jonck & Poliewsky. p. 8. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "Беггров Александр" (in Russian). artcyclopedia.ru. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Беггров Александр Карлович" (in Russian). Русская живопись. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b Бурлаков, А. "Художник Александр Беггров" (in Russian). Гатчина сквозь столетия. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
| International | |
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| National | |
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| People | |
- Members of the Imperial Academy of Arts
- Imperial Academy of Arts alumni
- 1841 births
- 1914 deaths
- Painters from Saint Petersburg
- People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd
- Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
- Peredvizhniki
- 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire
- Russian male painters
- 20th-century Russian painters
- 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire
- 1914 suicides
- Suicides in the Russian Empire
- Imperial Russian Navy officers
- 20th-century Russian male artists