Kramskoy I. N. Portrait of the Astronomer Wilhelm Von Struve

Kramskoy I. N.

1837, Ostrogozhsk (Voronezh Province) - 1887 St. Petersburg

Portrait of the Astronomer Wilhelm Von Struve

1886

oil on canvas. 135,5 х 102
Ж-2991
Пост. в 1920 от Г. Б. Клодта

Location in museum The St Michael’s Castle Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 205
Period Late 19th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Epoch of Alexander III (1881-1894) | The Peredvizhniki, Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions | male portrait | Scientists | male costume | science | St. Petersburg – Petrograd – Leningrad | Furniture
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Ivan Kramskoi was a portraitist, author of thematic paintings, art critic and thought leader of an entire generation of Russian artists. He was the head of the Peredvizhniki Society (The Wanderers, the society of Russian Realist artists). He saw the mission of the artist in the civic consciousness, in the service of the people’s interest. He is the author of many portraits of Russian scientists and cultural figures.

Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819-1905) was a Russian astronomer and academician. He was the head of the Pulkovo Observatory for more than 25 years. He is depicted in the attic story of the Pulkovo Observatory tower and is concentrated on himself.

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