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Historical Artist - Alexander Ivanov (1806 - 1858)
Alexander Ivanov was born in St Petersburg and studied under his father, Andrei Ivanov who
taught at the city’s Academy. He moved to Rome in 1831 and first began painting classical
subjects. Under the influence of the Nazarenes, he then began painting religious subject matter
and is famous for his work from this period, Christ’s First Appearance to the People. The
painting took Ivanov twenty years to complete and was widely known before its completion. When
it was first exhibited in St. Petersburg in 1858, it had a disappointing unveiling. A few months
following the exhibition, Ivanov died of cholera in St. Petersburg. Critical judgement about
Ivanov improved in the following generation. Some of the numerous sketches he had prepared for
The Appearance have been recognized as masterpieces in their own right. The most
comprehensive collection of his works can be viewed at the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.
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