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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (Russian: Михаил Александрович Врубель; March 17, [O.S. March 5] 1856 – April 14, [O.S. April 1] 1910) was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor.
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Вру́бель; March 17, 1856 – April 14, 1910, all n.s.) is usually regarded amongst the Russian painters of the Symbolist movement and of Art Nouveau.
- Russian
- March 17, 1856
- Omsk, Russian Federation
- April 14, 1910
Summary of Mikhail Vrubel. Vrubel's ground-breaking works challenged orthodoxies within Russian art, so much so that they were often misunderstood by his peers. Though under-appreciated in his own lifetime, he has now been 'reclaimed' by history as one of the founding fathers of the Russian avant-garde.
- Russian
- March 17, 1856
- Omsk, Russia
- April 14, 1910
- The Demon Seated, 1890. Vrubel nurtured the idea and image of his Demon for several years, and it is one of the first works to showcase his “crystal” style.
- The Judgment of Paris, 1893. In 1889, Vrubel moved to Moscow, where he made the life-altering acquaintance of the major industrialist, philanthropist and art lover Savva Mamontov.
- The Princess of Dreams, 1896. This huge canvas was commissioned again by Savva Mamontov for the pavilion at the 1896 All-Russian Art and Industrial Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod.
- Portrait of Savva Mamontov, 1897. Vrubel painted few portraits of real people, but one of them was of his benefactor, Savva Mamontov. The dark, crooked image reflects the real-life drama in which the industrialist found himself.
MIKHAIL ALEKSANDROVICH VRUBEL (1856–1910) was one of the first modern Russian artists—modern in the sense that he broke away from academic traditions, expressing his own artistic vision in a unique vocabulary.
May 1, 2024 · Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel (born March 5 [March 17, New Style], 1856, Omsk, Russia—died April 1 [April 14], 1910, St. Petersburg) was a Russian painter, sculptor, and draftsman who was a pioneer of Modernism with an original vision.
Mikhail Vrubel – a 19th–20th century Russian painter who worked in all genres of art, including painting, graphics, decorative sculpture, and theatrical art. In 1896, Vrubel married the...
