Sylvester Shchedrin

Sylvester Shchedrin Feodossijewitsch (Russian Сильвестр Феодосиевич Щедрин ); * 2 Februarjul. / February 13 1791greg. in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire; † 27 Oktoberjul. / November 8 1830greg. in Sorrento ( Italy) was a Russian landscape painter.

Life

Schtschedin was the son of the sculptor Feodosi Shchedrin, the rector of the Russian Academy in Saint Petersburg. His uncle was the landscape painter Semion Shchedrin. In 1800 he was inducted into the Academy and studied landscape painting with his uncle, Semion and Fyodor Alexeyev, MM Ivanov and Thomas de Thomon. He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy he graduated in 1811. He received several awards including the Grand Gold Medal for his painting View of the Petrovsky Island, with which he was awarded a scholarship to study abroad.

By the Napoleonic Wars to Shchedrin's departure was delayed to Rome until 1818. Commissioned by the Russian Grand Duke, he went to Naples to produce watercolors there for two great views of the Gulf of Naples. His scholarship and thus his stay in Rome was limited until 1823. His best known works from this period are his paintings and views from the Palatine to the Colosseum and the Esquiline Hill (1822 ) and The New Rome. The Castel Sant'Angelo from the year 1823.

Shchedrin remained as a freelance painter in Rome. With his painting from 1825, the Albanian lake, he turned to the representation of nature. In the aftermath Shchedrin was a noted artist, who worked both in Rome and in Naples and its surroundings. He painted in nature ( en plein air ) and put coastal landscapes and night scenes at sea dar. These eerie scenes are an expression of his deteriorating health.

Works

Shchedrin painting remained in the majority in Italy, some are seen in Russia.