Igor Grabar

Igor Grabar Emmanuilovich (Russian Игорь Эммануилович Грабарь; born March 25, 1871 in Budapest, † May 16, 1960 in Moscow) was a Russian- Soviet painters, art historians and curators.

Life

He was born the son of a Russian statesman in Budapest. In 1876 the family moved to Russia. Igor Grabar initially met in Moscow on Lyceum of the Tsarevich Nicholas, but later at the Law Faculty of St. Petersburg University. He finished his studies in 1893. The following year, he entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Art, after which he studied in Paris and Munich.

He participated in the activities of the Russian Artists' Association I Iskusstwa and at the Association of Russian Artists. Since 1902 Grabar takes part in the exhibitions of the Mir Iskusstwa; his works are exhibited also abroad, in Munich and Paris as well as at the World Exhibition in Rome 1909. beginning of 1913 elected him the Moscow City Council for guardianship of the Tretyakov Gallery. He took that function until 1925. He also led in the years 1918 to 1930, the Central Restoration studios in Moscow; from 1944 he was the scientific director.

After the October Revolution, Grabar remain actively employed with the painting by now also created official commissions. Apart from its scenic creation takes in his life the scientific work a large space. He has published in journals much of the art scene, such as the Mir Iskusstwa, Apollo among others

In his early years Grabars work was strongly influenced by Art Nouveau and later influenced by Impressionism. Grabar 1956 appointed People's Artist of the USSR. Since 1943 he was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1941 he was awarded the Stalin Prize.

Works (selection)

• Lady with Dog (1899 )
• September Snow (1903 )
• February Sky (1904 )
• White winter. The nest of rooks (1904 )
• Bright autumn evening ( 1923)
• Sunny winter day (1941 )