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Viktor Nikitich Lazarev (Russian: Ви́ктор Ники́тич Ла́зарев; 3 September (22 August O.S.) 1897 – 1 February 1976) was a Russian art critic and historian who specialized in medieval Byzantine, Russian, and Armenian religious art.[1] He was the son of Nikita Lazarev, a Moscow architect, and was related by blood to Wassily Kandinsky.

Viktor Lazarev
Виктор Никитич Лазарев
Born	(1897-09-03)3 September 1897 (22 August 1897 O.S.) Moscow, USSR
Died	1 February 1976(1976-02-01) (aged 78) Moscow, USSR
Resting place	Vagankovo Cemetery
Education	Doctor of Arts
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Occupation	art historian Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Employer	Moscow State University
Parent	Nikita Lazarev
Awards	USSR State Prize

Viktor studied at the Moscow State University in 1917—1920,[1] and graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology. From 1924 to 1936 he worked as a Chief Curator, head of the art gallery department, and Deputy Director for Research at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. In 1945 he was flown into Berlin to supervise the looting of art treasures from the Zoo Tower, including the Pergamon Altar.[2] He later taught at the Moscow State University, and since 1961 headed the faculty of History of Foreign Art.[1] The faculty library was named "Lazarev cabinet" in his honour. He is buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.

Lazarev was a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences since 1943. The Art History Institute in Moscow owes its origin to Lazarev's efforts. His magnum opus is The History of Byzantine Painting, published in 2 volumes in 1947 and 1948. It was translated into Italian in an expanded and revised version as Storia della pittura bizantina (1967). Lazarev was also known for his many writings on the Italian Renaissance, its beginnings and the evolution of Western portrait painting.

Works

• Portrait in European Art of the 17th Century (Russian: Портрет в европейском искусстве XVII века), 1937
• Origins of the Italian Renaissance (Russian: Происхождение итальянского Возрождения), 1956-1959
• Andrei Rublev and Rublev's School (Russian: Андрей Рублёв и его школа), 1966
• Old Italian Masters (Russian: Старые итальянские мастера), 1972
• Kievan Rus' Mosaics and Frescoes (Russian: Древнерусские мозаики и фрески), 1973
• Byzantine and Kievan Rus' Art (Russian: Византийское и древнерусское искусство), 1978

References

This article includes content derived from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978, which is partially in the public domain.

На других языках

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[de] Wiktor Nikititsch Lasarew

Wiktor Nikititsch Lasarew (russisch Виктор Никитич Лазарев; * 22. Augustjul. / 3. September 1897greg. in Moskau, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 1. Februar 1976 in Moskau, Russische SFSR) war ein russischer Kunsthistoriker und Autor.

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- [en] Viktor Lazarev

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[ru] Лазарев, Виктор Никитич

Ви́ктор Ники́тич Ла́зарев (22 августа (3 сентября) 1897, Москва — 1 февраля 1976, там же) — советский искусствовед, специалист в области истории древнерусского и византийского искусства, а также итальянского искусства эпохи Возрождения. Доктор искусствоведения (1936), профессор, член-корреспондент АН СССР (1943).

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