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| Genrikh Semiradsky 1843 –1902, Little Angel, Oil on canvas, 26.5 x 36 in |
| Born in the village of Novobelgorod (now Pechenegi) near Kharkov, Ukraine. He studied at Kharkov Gymnasium where he learned painting under D. I. Besperchy. He entered the Physics-Mathematics School of Kharkov University. After graduating from the University with the degree of Kandidat he abandoned his scientific career and moved to Saint Petersburg to study painting at the Imperial Academy of Arts in the years 1864 –1870. Upon his graduation he was awarded a gold medal. In 1870–1871 he studied under Karl von Piloty in Munich on a grant from the Academy. In 1871 he moved to Rome Semiradsky was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Greco-Roman world and the New Testament. |
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In 1873 he received the title of an Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts for his painting Christ and a Sinner on a verse by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy. In 1876 –1879 Semiradsky worked on frescoes for the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Moscow). Many of his paintings depict scenes from antiquity, commonly sunlit utopian scenes or compositions presenting the lives of early Christians. He also painted biblical and historical scenes, landscapes, and portraits. His works are exhibited in the museums of Poland, Russia and Ukraine. |
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