Viktor Hartmann
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Viktor Alexandrovich Hartmann (Russian: Виктор Александрович Гартман; b. 5 May 1834 in St Petersburg; d. 4 August 1873 in Kireyevo near Moscow) was a Russian architect, sculptor and painter of Volga German ancestry. He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony and Russian Revival.
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[edit] Life
Hartmann was orphaned at a young age and grew up in St Petersburg in the house of his uncle, who was a well-known architect. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg and at first started working by illustrating books.
He also worked as an architect and sketched, among other things, the the monument to the thousandth anniversary of Russia in Novgorod, which was inaugurated in 1862. He made most of his water colors and pencil drawings on journeys abroad in the years 1864 to 1868. Together with Ivan Ropet, Hartmann was one of the first artists to include traditional Russian motifs in his work.
Since Vladimir Stasov had introduced him to the circle of Mily Balakirev in 1870, he had been a close friend of the composer Modest Mussorgsky. Following Hartmann's early death from an aneurism at the age of only 39, an exhibition of over 400 of his paintings was displayed in the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, in February and March 1874. This inspired Mussorgsky to compose his suite Pictures at an Exhibition. Most of this collection of underlying works is now lost.
[edit] Gallery
 Design for the Naval department of Russia's pavilion at the Vienna World Fair of 1873 |
 Sketch for the Ballet 'Trilby' |
 The Rich Jew |
 The Poor Jew |
 The Paris Catacombs |
 Plan for a City Gate in Kiev |
[edit] References
- Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language wikipedia article (retrieved 28 July 2005).
