Carl Huns

Carl Huns studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. The recorded working language is Russian and German. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Saint Petersburg and Veules-les-Roses. Employment is recorded with Imperial Academy of Arts. Work by Carl Huns is recorded in the collections of Latvian National Museum of Art, National Gallery of Armenia, Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts and State Art Museum of Uzbekistan. Distinctions recorded are Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

• Name — Kārlis Hūns • Birth Name — Kārlis Jēkabs Vilhelms Hūns • Born — 13 November 1831 • Birthplace — Madliena Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire • Died — 28 January 1877 • Place of death — Davos, Switzerland • Known for — Painting • Style — Academism • Alma Mater — Alumni • Education — Member Professor • Awards — Medal

His father was a parochial school teacher and organist. He received his general education at a Lutheran school in Riga. In 1850, he went to Saint Petersburg to study drafting and lithography. While there, he began taking evening classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts and was admitted as a full student two years later. His primary instructor was Pyotr Basin. By 1859, he was already competing for artistic awards. In 1861, he received the title of artist first-class and a gold medal. He soon began creating icons in the local churches, notably the Cathedral of the Intercession in Yelabuga, as well as creating sketches of folk life on behalf of the Russian Geographical Society. In 1863, he was awarded a fellowship that allowed him to travel in Germany, although he eventually settled in Paris and exhibited at the Salon of 1868. Upon his return to Saint Petersburg in 1872, he was named an academician and later elevated to a professorship. Over the next few years, he finished work started in Paris and focused on paintings of a religious nature. He was also a member of the "Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (Peredvizhniki). In 1874, he married Vera Monighetti, daughter of the architect Ippolit Monighetti. That same year, he began displaying symptoms of tuberculosis. On the advice of his doctors, he sought out climates with fresher, healthier air than Saint Petersburg, but the disease progressed and, after living in several locations, he died in Switzerland at the age of 45.