My favourite artist - Karl Pavlovich Bryullov

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My favourite artist
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov

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Bryullov is the only Russian artist who
was awarded a laurel wreath and a
diamond ring from the hands of the
emperor during his lifetime. For the
"Last Day of Pompeii" he was called
"the first brush of the state". Bryullov
created more than 200 ceremonial
and chamber portraits and painted the
dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral with an
area of 800 square meters.

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Karl Brullov was born in St. Petersburg on
December 23, 1799 in the family of the Frenchborn sculptor Pavel Brullot. His father taught his
son painting from an early age, and was often
unnecessarily strict with him. Karl Bryullov could
not be allowed to the dining table until he
painted the right number of animals and human
figures. Mistakes were punished severely. Later,
Bryullov recalled that his ability to "draw neatly"
was born thanks to children's exercises.
At the age of 10, he was enrolled in the St.
Petersburg Academy of Arts without exams. His
father's training helped Bryullov — he studied
better than his peers. The young artist often
corrected the work of his comrades. Teachers
early allowed Bryullov to paint his own
canvases, while his peers still copied the
teacher's paintings. His first independent work
was a watercolor drawing "The Genius of Art".
He became a model for educational copying in a
full-scale classroom.

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Soon, in 1819, Bryullov painted his first painting — "Narcissus
looking into the water." This work earned him a Small gold medal.

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"The Last Day of Pompeii"
In 1827, Bryullov began work on one of his
large—scale works - "The Last Day of Pompeii".
Bryullov worked on his monumental painting for
almost six years. The Florentine Academy of Arts
awarded the artist the title of professor of the
first degree for this canvas. The painting was
exhibited at the Paris Salon in the Louvre, after
which it was sent to St. Petersburg. Emperor
Nicholas I, seeing her, invited Bryullov to return
to Russia and invited the artist to a personal
meeting to present a laurel wreath.

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Inspired by his success, in 1834 Bryullov began a
new work on a historical theme — "The Death of
Inessa de Castro". The artist completed work on
this large—scale canvas — two by three meters - in
record time: in just 17 days. However, the painting
dedicated to the favorite of the Portuguese king
was met coldly in Europe, and critics called
Bryullov a master of "historical anecdotes".
The artist has lived in Italy for 12 years. During this
time, he created about 120 portraits of the Italian
intelligentsia, as well as artists, sculptors, writers,
members of the imperial family and Russian nobility
vacationing in Italy. He painted several self-portraits
for the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

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In April 1849, Karl Bryullov went abroad for
treatment — to the island of Madeira, and then
to Italy, where he spent the last years. He met
the Italian revolutionary Angelo Tittoni and was
under the protection of his family for the rest of
his life. Under the influence of Tittoni, Bryullov
began to paint paintings with modern subjects.
This is how the first realistic works appeared —
the canvas "Procession of the Blind in
Barcelona", a series of sepia "Lazzaroni on the
seashore".
Karl Bryullov died in Manziana, near Rome. He
was buried in the Roman Protestant cemetery of
Monte Testaccio.