For ALM. "Ladies ' album" (1844), which included selected pages of Rus. poetry K. executed a number of lithographs, including a portrait of L., the basis for which is supposed to last lifetime image of the poet — AKV. K. A. Gorbunova (frontispiece), and 2 Fig. the poem "Haji Abrek" and "Tambov Treasurer". Autolithographies K., modest artist. the advantages, however, exactly match lit. fragments on the album, and was the first book illustrations for production. L.
Lit.: Sternin, G. Y., E. I. Kovrigin, in kN.: Rus. the claim. Essays, 1958, pp. 53, 57; Pakhomov (2), pp. 104, 220.
(E. A. Kovalevskaya)
"Designated" in academics for historical painting. B. in C. Corbului, Saratov province., 21 may 1819; mind. in Rome on 3 September 1853. Son of morshanskaya tradesman, subsequently, the St. Petersburg 3rd Guild merchant, he was brought by his parents to Petersburg three-year-old boy and had been educated in the local reformatskii school. At the end of the scientific course in 1835, he attended classes at the Academy of fine Arts, and in 1839 put in it, even a study from nature the old man's head, and in 1840 and 1841, consisting volnoprihodyaschim student of the Academy, earned her silver medals: 2nd in drawing from life and the 1st for painting, and then made sketches of programmes on getting the 2nd gold medal: "The death of Alcibiades" in 1843 and "Achilles mourning death of Patroclus" in 1845, the same year he illustrated 15 lithographer. scenes translation "London secrets" by P. Furman. Writing again: "Moses" (náchod. in E. Benardaki) and "Death of Archimedes" (náchod. A. Dobrinskogo) and being released from the Academy with the title of artist XIV class, go to your account abroad and studied in Rome, in the writings of sketches and writing sketches, also the execution of copies of Raphael's paintings "the Wedding of the virgin" (granted in 1850, Emperor Nicholas I Academy). Presenting in 1852 to the Academy to obtain the title of academician of the painting "the Vestal" (náchod. his nephews), it was built only "assigned",and then he began in Rome more extensive treatment of the composition: "Ovid reads his works on the Forum", but soon died. (A. Sami)