Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg

Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Training under Maxim Vorobiev is recorded. Alexander Semenovich Egornov is recorded as having studied under Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Saint Petersburg, Switzerland and France. Work by Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg is recorded in the collections of Art Museum of Estonia, National Gallery of Canada, Tomsk Oblast Art Museum, Tretyakov Gallery and Murmansk Regional Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

• Born — 30 December 1832 • Birthplace — Saint Petersburg, Russia • Died — 16 May 1902 • Place of death — Saint Petersburg, Russia • Education — Member Professor • Alma Mater — Alumni • Awards — Medal • Known for — Painting

Mikhail Clodt was born to the artistic family of barons Clodt von Jürgensburg, his father Клодт фон Юргенсбург, Константин Карлович was the first Russian wood engraver, his uncle Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg was a famous Russian sculptor. He learnt drawing at the Saint Petersburg Mining Cadet Corps, then at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1851–1858). After receiving a Large Gold Medal he received a scholarship for three years to study painting in France, Switzerland and Italy but abandoned his foreign trip in a year. He complained that the foreign landscapes would not inspire him and that French and Italian school of painting is inferior to Russian one. After returning Clodt got permissions to use the rest of the scholarship funds in his travel over Russia. In 1863 Clodt got recognition for his painting Highway in Autumn. Even higher praise was given for his work In the Field (1872) and the Forest view in Midday (1878). Observers celebrated his devotion to Russian landscape, attention to the details and perspective. On the other hand, popular art critic Vladimir Stasov noted petty naturalism and the "slavish following to reality" in many Clodt works. As an example of such a work he stated Cows at Watering (1879). In both his devotion to the Russian landscape and some petty naturalism Clodt was probably the forerunner of Ivan Shishkin. Mikhail Clodt was a founding member of the Peredvizhniki movement, but the Peredvizhniki did not completely consider him as their own. That was partially due to the sharp criticisms from Clodt and partially because of him keeping his professorship of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1871–1886). After Clodt's particularly sharp criticism over Arkhip Kuindzhi Clodt was forced to break with the Peredvizhniki. Soon he retired from the Academy as well. Clodt did not paint anything of value after the 1870s. Half-blind and financially broken, he died in 1902.

The authorities additionally record the headings Mikhail Klodt, Baron Klodt, Baron Von Jurgensburg, Mikhail Konstantinovich Von Jurgensburg and Mikhail Konstantinovich Klodt. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Konstantin Clodt von Jürgensburg and Catherine Vigné.

Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg is recorded as having received Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.