Alexei Korzukhin(1835–1894)
Alexei Korzukhin
Alexei Korzukhin was born in Yekaterinburg on March, 23rd, 1835. With 1858 on 1863 he studied in St. Petersburg in the Academy of arts; in 1860 he has won a small gold medal for his painting The Drunken father of family.
In 1864 he participated in formation of the Petersburg’s Artel of Artists ("revolt of fourteen"). For a painting Commemoration on a rural cemetery (1865) Korzukhin has received a rank of the artist of the 1st degree, for Returning of the father of family from fair – a rank of the academician. In 1870 he became a member-founder of the Companies of peredvizhniks (See also The wanderers).
Among characteristic works by Korzukhin are Commemoration on a rural cemetery (1865), The Bird's enemies (1887), By hunk of bread (1890); all works are exhibited at Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. The glory to the artist was brought with his paintings Before a confession (1876-1877, 1st variant is in Picture-gallery of Tver, 2nd - in Tretiakov gallery, Moscow) and In monastic hotel (1879–1882, Tretiakov gallery).
In 1891 he has concluded The Lord's Supper for a cathedral in Riga.
The subtle psychological portraits by Korzukhin: Alexander's III portrait (1884, Russian Museum), A girl braiding her hair (1883, Russian Museum), Portrait of the retired soldier (1883, Russian Museum), Portrait of the daughter - Anna Korzukhina-Ver (1883, private collection), Portrait of Alexei Vysheslavtsev (1880) – are generally accepted as masterpieces of Russian portrait painting.
Alexei Korzukhin has died in St. Petersburg on October, 30th 1894.
Posters of some of his paintings can be got on site http://www.allposters.com/-st/Aleksei-Ivanovich-Korzukhin-Posters_c25605_s65111_.htm.