Dmitry Kardovsky

Dmitry Kardovsky studied at Moscow Imperial University, Faculty of Law, Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts and Imperial Academy of Arts. Olga Zhudina, Lev Kramarenko and Pavel Shillingovsky are recorded as having studied under Dmitry Kardovsky. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Soviet Union. Employment is recorded with Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Distinctions recorded are Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

• Name — Dmitry Kardovsky • Born — 5 September 1866 • Birthplace — Osurovo, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 9 February 1943 • Place of death — Pereslavl-Zalessky, RSFSR • Resting Place — Goritsky Monastery, Pereslavl-Zalessky • Education — Moscow State University Imperial Academy of Arts • Training — * Pavel Chistyakov • Ilya Repin • Anton Ažbe

He was born near Pereslavl-Zalessky in the Yaroslavl province. After studying law at Moscow University, he then studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg from 1892, under Pavel Chistyakov and Ilya Repin. Kardovsky moved to Munich in 1896 with Igor Grabar and studied at the private studio of Anton Ažbe. He returned to St. Petersburg in 1900 and received his diploma from the academy in 1902. He was appointed as professor of the academy in 1907. Kardovsky explored various styles, including Impressionism and Jugendstil, but was more concerned with faithful representation than formal experiment. From 1902, he was prolific as a book illustrator, and worked mainly on the Russian literary classics by Chekhov, Gogol, Lermontov and Tolstoy. He also dabbled with political caricature, providing illustrations for the radical journals Zhupel (Bugbear) and Adskaya Pochta from 1905 to 1906. In 1934 Isaak Brodsky, a disciple of Ilya Repin was appointed director of the National Academy of Arts and the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Brodsky invited Kardovsky among the most distinguished painters and pedagogues to teach at the academy. The system of master's workshops was restored at the Department of Painting. Students were assigned to one of the workshops after they completed their second-year courses. Professor Kardovsky had their own workshops. He also taught at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where one of his students was Grigor Vahramian Gasparbeg. He was an admirer of Mikhail Vrubel, whose posthumous exhibition he organized in 1912. Kardovsky died in Pereslavl-Zalessky in 1943. • Illustration — Lady with a Cat, the so-called Marya Anastasievna Chroustchova, 1900; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Dmitry was married to fellow painter, Olga Della-Vos, from April 1899. They had one daughter together, Yekaterina (1900–1985).

The authorities additionally record the headings Dmitri Nikolaevich Kardovsky, Dmitrij Nikolaevič Kardovskij, Dmitry Nikolayevich Kardovsky and Dmitry Nicolajevich Kardovsky. His recorded language was Russian. He married Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya. One child is recorded: Ekaterina Dmitrievna Kardovskaya.