Julius Sergius von Klever

Julius Sergius von Klever studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Mikhail Alexandrovich Alisov is recorded as having studied under Julius Sergius von Klever. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Employment is recorded with Imperial Academy of Arts. Work by Julius Sergius von Klever is recorded in the collections of Art Museum of Estonia, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, Hermitage Museum and Irkutsk Regional Art Museum.

• Name — Julius von Klever • Born — 31 January 1850 • Birthplace — Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire • Died — 24 December 1924 • Place of death — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Smolensky Cemetery, St. Petersburg • Known for — Landscape painting • Alma Mater — Alumni • Movement — Romanticism • Notable Works — Winter Landscape (1883) Winter (1876) • Education — Member Professor

His father was a chemist who taught pharmacology at the Veterinary Institute. He displayed artistic talent at an early age and took lessons from Konstantin von Kügelgen. After completing his primary education, was enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts where, at his father's insistence, he studied architecture. After a short time, however, he began to take landscape painting classes; first with Sokrat Vorobiev, then Mikhail Clodt. In 1870, he was apparently expelled from the Academy, for unknown reasons. Undeterred, he started exhibiting his works. In 1871, one was purchased by Count Pavel Stroganov and, the following year, his painting "Sunset" was acquired by Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna. In 1874, he had his first solo exhibition at the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. After Tsar Alexander II expressed interest in his work, he was named an "Artist" by the Academy, despite having not graduated. In 1878, he became an "Academician". In 1879, he and the actor Vasily Samoylov (who was an amateur painter) spent some time working on Nargen island. The resulting works were purchased by Pavel Tretyakov and the Imperial Family, including Tsar Alexander III. Following this, the Academy named him a Professor. In 1885, he helped organize the Russian exhibit at the Exposition Universelle d'Anvers. In the late 1890s, a friend of his from the Academy was implicated in a scandal involving gambling and embezzlement. He was drawn into it and suffered a nervous breakdown that forced him to give up painting temporarily. In 1908, he went to Germany with his family to avoid the situation and lived in Neustrelitz until 1915, when the war forced him to return home. After the Revolution, he began receiving support from the "Kuindzhi Society of Artists". For the rest of his life, he taught at the Academy (under its successive new Soviet names) and at the Art and Industry Academy, where he headed the department of "monumental" painting. Three of his four children became painters; Maria (1878–1967) a theater artist, Julius (1882–1942) who taught at the Art and Industry Academy, and Oscar (1887–1975), a theater artist who also designed costumes.

The authorities additionally record the headings Julij Juljewitsch Klever, Yuly Yulevich Klever, Juljus Sergjus Klever, Julius Klever and Julius Sergius Klever. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Julius Klever. He married Emilia von Kügelgen. One child is recorded: Julius von Klever.

Julius Sergius von Klever is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Classed in the genre landscape painting. Recorded as painter, teacher, exlibrist and draftsperson.