Andrey Ivanov

Andrey Ivanov studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Training under Grigory Ugryumov is recorded. Jonas Joteika and Alexander Ivanov are recorded as having studied under Andrey Ivanov. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Work by Andrey Ivanov is recorded in the collections of Russian Museum, Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Tretyakov Gallery and Museum of history of religion. Distinctions recorded are Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

• Native Name — Андрей Иванович Ива́нов • Born — 1775 • Birthplace — Moscow • Died — 12 July 1848 • Place of death — St. Petersburg • Resting Place — Smolensky Cemetery, St. Petersburg • Known for — History painting • Children — 10, including Alexander • Training — * Grigory Ugryumov • Gabriel François Doyen • Education — Alumni • Elected — Member Professor • Awards — Medal Big Gold Medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1797)

He was abandoned by his parents and was raised at the Moscow Orphanage. He was enrolled in the elementary courses at the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1782, and later studied with Grigory Ugryumov and Gabriel François Doyen, graduating in 1797. He began teaching there in 1798 and became an Academician in 1803. During this time, he was engaged in copying the old Italian masters and painting icons. In 1812 he was appointed a Professor for his painting of Prince Mstislav the Brave and the defeat of Rededya. In 1820, he painted the fresco "Minerva Hovering in the Sky" for the iron staircase at the Academy. His painting based on the episode from the Napoleonic Wars, The Death of General Kulnev, angered Tsar Nicholas I when it was exhibited in 1830, apparently because it portrayed a controversial (and almost certainly apocryphal) moment from the incident; Kulnev's order to his allied officers to remove their insignia so the enemy wouldn't know that the Russian army was without a commander. As a result, Ivanov was removed from the Academy, on the Tsar's insistence. A few years later, when Karl Bryullov returned to Russia and was presented with a laurel wreath, he took it off his head and placed it on Ivanov's instead, as a sign of respect and appreciation. Despite his forced retirement, Ivanov remained active as a painter and member of several artistic societies. He died of cholera. The Ivanovs' burial, in the Smolensky Cemetery, seems to be lost by the 1850s. His son was the painter Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov.

• Illustration — Selene and Endymion, 1797; Picture Gallery, Pskov, Pskov • Illustration — Adam and Eve with Their Children, 1803; Russian Museum • Illustration — Death of Pelopidas, c. 1805–1806; Tretyakov Gallery • Illustration — Transfiguration of Jesus, c. 1807–1809; Museum of the History of Religion, St. Petersburg, originally from Kazan Cathedral • Illustration — Presentation of Jesus, 1800s; Russian Museum, originally from Kazan Cathedral • Illustration — The Exploit of a Kievan Boy, 1810; Russian Museum • Illustration — Prince Mstislav of Chernigov Defeats Prince Rededya, 1812; Russian Museum • Illustration — Minerva in the Heavens, sketch for a fresco in the Imperial Academy of Arts building, c. 1819–1820; Russian Museum • Illustration — St. Ambrose Barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral, 1829; Tretyakov Gallery, originally from the Sretenskaya Church in Beijing • Illustration — Self-Portrait, 1800; Tretyakov Gallery, formerly in the Rumyantsev Museum • Illustration — Yekaterina Ivavova (née Dimmert), the painter's spouse, 1800; Tretyakov Gallery, pendant to the prior

Andrey Ivanov is recorded as having received Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.