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Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (Russian: Карл Па́влович Брюлло́в; 12 December 1799 – 11 June 1852), original name Charles Bruleau,[1] also transliterated Briullov and Briuloff, and referred to by his friends as "Karl the Great",[2][3] was a Russian painter. He is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romanticism.

Karl Bryullov
Карл Павлович Брюллов
Self-portrait (1848)
Born	Charles Bruleau (1799-12-12)12 December 1799 St. Petersburg
Died	11 June 1852(1852-06-11) (aged 52) Manziana
Resting place	Cimitero Acattolico
Education	Professor by rank (1836)
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts (1821)
Known for	Engraving, Painting
Movement	Romantic
Awards

Biography

Karl Bryullov was born on 12 (23) December 1799 in St. Petersburg,[1] in the family of the academician, woodcarver, and engraver Pavel Ivanovich Briullo (Brulleau, 1760—1833) who was of Huguenot descent. He felt drawn to Italy from his early years. Despite his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1809–1821), Bryullov never fully embraced the classical style taught by his mentors and promoted by his brother, Alexander Bryullov. After distinguishing himself as a promising and imaginative student and finishing his education, he left Russia for Rome where he worked until 1835 as a portraitist and genre painter, though his fame as an artist came when he began doing historical painting.

His best-known work, The Last Day of Pompeii (1830–1833), is a vast composition compared by Pushkin and Gogol to the best works of Rubens and Van Dyck. It created a sensation in Italy and established Bryullov as one of the finest European painters of his day. After completing this work, he triumphantly returned to the Russian capital, where he made many friends among the aristocracy and intellectual elite and obtained a high post in the Imperial Academy of Arts.

An anecdote concerning Bryullov appeared in Leo Tolstoy's essay "Why Do Men Stupefy Themselves?" and later in the same author's book What Is Art?.

While teaching at the academy (1836–1848) he developed a portrait style which combined a neoclassical simplicity with a romantic tendency that fused well, and his penchant for realism was satisfied with an intriguing level of psychological penetration. While he was working on the plafond of St Isaac's Cathedral, his health suddenly deteriorated. Following advice of his doctors, Bryullov left Russia for Madeira in 1849 and spent the last three years of his life in Italy. He died in the village of Manziana near Rome and is buried at the Cimitero Acattolico there.

Characteristics of art

Bryullov's work is the pinnacle of late Russian Romanticism when the sense of harmonic wholeness and beauty of the world is replaced by a feeling of tragedy and conflict of life. In the forefront of the historical picture, but its main theme - not the struggle of heroes, as in classicism, and the fate of the huge human masses. In his central work "The Last Day of Pompeii" Bryullov combined the drama of action, romantic lighting effects and sculptural plasticity of figures. The painting brought the artist great fame both in Russia and in Europe.

An outstanding master of both ceremonial and chamber portraits, Bryullov evolved in his art from the joyful embrace of life in his early works to the intricate psychologism of his later ones, thus anticipating the achievements of such artists like Ilya Repin in the second half of the 19th century. Bryullov had an enormous influence on Russian artists, among whom he had many followers and imitators.[4]

Selected artwork

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  Italian Morning, 1823, Kunsthalle Kiel
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  Italian Midday, 1827, Russian Museum
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  Girl, gathering grapes in the vicinity of Naples, 1827, Russian Museum
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  A Dream of a Girl Before a Sunrise, 1830-1833, Pushkin Museum
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  Daughters of Pacini, Giovannina and Amazilia, 1832, Tretyakov Gallery
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  The Last Day of Pompeii, 1833, Russian Museum
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  Fortuneteller Svetlana, 1836, Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum
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  Portrait of Sophia Andreevna Bobrinskaya (Shuvalova), 1849.

See also

• List of Russian artists

References and notes

Literature

• С. Н. Кондаков (1915). Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764-1914 (in Russian). Vol. 2. p. 25.

External links

• Paintings by Bryullov Karl - high res
• Online gallery of Briullov paintings
• Brullov's paintings at the Russian Art Gallery
• Karl Brulloff. The Last Day of Pompeii

На других языках

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[de] Karl Pawlowitsch Brjullow

Karl Pawlowitsch Brjullow (dt. auch Brüllow, russ. Карл Павлович Брюллов; Betonung: Karl Páwlowitsch Brjullów, * 12. Dezemberjul. / 23. Dezember 1799greg. in Sankt Petersburg; † 11. Junijul. / 23. Juni 1852greg. in Manziana) war ein russischer Maler und Architekt. Er malte vorrangig Porträts, Monumentalgemälde, aber auch Genrebilder und Aquarelle. Er war der erste russische Maler, dem internationale Anerkennung zuteilwurde. Er gilt als Schlüsselfigur des Übergangs vom russischen Klassizismus zur Romantik.

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- [en] Karl Bryullov

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[fr] Karl Brioullov

Karl Pavlovitch Brioullov (en russe : Карл Павлович Брюллов ; ISO 9 : Karl Pavlovič Brûllov), appelé par ses amis « le grand Karl » (12 décembre 1799 (23 décembre 1799 dans le calendrier grégorien), Saint-Pétersbourg - 11 juin 1852 (23 juin 1852 dans le calendrier grégorien), Rome), est le premier peintre russe de stature internationale. Il est considéré comme une figure clé dans la transition du néoclassicisme au romantisme en Russie.

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[it] Karl Pavlovič Brjullov

Karl Pavlovič Brjullov (in russo: Карл Павлович Брюллов?; San Pietroburgo, 12 dicembre (23 dicembre per il calendario gregoriano) 1799 – Manziana, 11 giugno (23 giugno per il calendario gregoriano) 1852) è stato un pittore russo.

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[ru] Брюллов, Карл Павлович

Карл Па́влович Брюлло́в (Брюло́в) (до 1822 года — Брюлло; 12 [23] декабря 1799, Санкт-Петербург, Россия — 11 [23] июня 1852, Манциана, Папская область) — русский[5] художник, живописец, монументалист, акварелист, представитель классицизма и романтизма. Автор жанровых и исторических полотен[6].

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