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    Karl Bryullov: Selected Paintings
    Karl Bryullov: Selected Paintings
    Karl Bryullov: Selected Paintings
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    Karl Bryullov: Selected Paintings

    By Sevdalina Georgieva

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    Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1799 – 1852), also transliterated Briullov or Briuloff, was a Russian painter. He is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romanticism and the first Russian painter to gain widespread recognition in the West. His contemporaries called him The Great Karl. His masterpiece The Last Day of Pompeii (1830-1833), an enormous composition painted in Italy in 1830-1833, was a great success both with the public and the critics and the painter was hailed as one of the best contemporary European painters. Italian critics compared Brulloff to the greatest artists of the past, such as Rubens, Rembrandt, and Van Dyke.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublisher s22302
    Release dateAug 24, 2017
    ISBN9788822815699
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      Foreword

      Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1799 – 1852), also transliterated Briullov or Briuloff, was a Russian painter. He is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romanticism and the first Russian painter to gain widespread recognition in the West. His contemporaries called him The Great Karl. His masterpiece The Last Day of Pompeii (1830-1833), an enormous composition painted in Italy in 1830-1833, was a great success both with the public and the critics and the painter was hailed as one of the best contemporary European painters. Italian critics compared Brulloff to the greatest artists of the past, such as Rubens, Rembrandt, and Van Dyke.

      Karl Bryullov was born on December in St. Petersburg, in a family of the academician, the woodcarver and engraver Pavel Ivanovich Briullo. He felt drawn to Italy from his early years. Despite his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1809–1821), Bryullov never fully embraced the classical style taught by his mentors and promoted by his brother, Alexander Bryullov. After distinguishing himself as a promising and imaginative student and finishing his education, he left Russia

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