Edward
Petrovich Hau

Well-known painter watercolourist middle of the XIX century. A native of the Baltic city of Reval (now Tallinn) studied at the Academy of arts in Dresden (1830-1832). In 1838 E. Hau received from the Imperial Academy of arts the title of class artist. Became known for his strict watercolor images of interiors of the Hermitage and the Winter Palace, which represented and represent great value for the history of Russian culture. Here are some of them: "the Grand staircase in the Hermitage Hall of the Spanish school" (both 1853), "a Perspective view of the halls of the Russian school in the Imperial Hermitage Museum" (1855), "the Cabinet of Alexandra Feodorovna" (1858), "the Gallery of 1812", "the Cabinet of the Italian schools" (both 1860), "the Winter Palace. Petrovsky hall" (1863), "the View of the Cabinet Maria Nikolayevna in the Winter Palace", "Moorish hall" (both — 1864), "field marshals 'hall" (1866) and others. In 1854, E. Gau was awarded the title of academician perspective watercolor painting (perspective, of course, in the sense of how the image of spatial figures on a plane).

Like most artists, E. Gau is not confined only to once and for all chosen direction of fine art. He tried himself in other genres of painting. In particular, had success written portraits of contemporaries and contemporaries. The artist has confirmed the obvious: the wizard, in whatever form of art he did not remain without attention.