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When he was still a young artist, Alexander Ivanov conceived a noble idea worthy of a great master, that of producing a painting that would trace the universal appeal of Christianity. True to his dream, the artist dedicated years and years of painstaking work to the achievement of that ideal.
He was constantly wandering in Roman suburbs working all day in the foothills and groves. Ivanov began to realise his dream, to create his main picture, in 1836. In fact, it was the work of his life – it took twenty years to create the version of the painting that we can see today.
May 1, 2024 · Ivanov was to work on his most famous painting, The Appearance of Christ to the People (also known as The Appearance of the Messiah), for 20 years (1837–57), and throughout those years he did not leave Italy. Two months before his death he took the painting to St. Petersburg, where the Russian public saw it for the first time.
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- Priam Asking Achilles to Return Hector's Body, 1824. “I see a painter in him who promises a lot in the future,” said Academy of Arts professor Vasily Grigorovich about Alexander Ivanov when he saw his first original painting.
- Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena (sketch), 1834. In fall 1830, Ivanov arrived in Rome for his internship. The painter had to copy “The Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel” and create studies on Biblical themes.
- Festival in Rome in October. Scene in the Loggia, 1842. Work on “The Appearance of Christ Before the People” occupied almost all of the painter’s time and energy.
- Via Appia at Sunset, 1845. This tremendous painting sapped not just the painter’s strength but also his health. Due to eye disease he was forced to stop his work in the workshop for several years.
Sep 1, 2022 · Alexander Ivanov, “The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene” (1834-1835), oil on canvas, 7’ 11.25” x 10.5’, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Ivanov attempted several multi-figured compositions starting in 1831; the first was a melodramatic failure.
The Appearance of Christ Before the People (Russian: Явление Христа народу Yavleniye Khrista narodu) or The Apparition of the Messiah is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 540 cm × 750 cm, by the Russian painter Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806–1858).
May 15, 2011 · This is what happened to Alexander Ivanov and his monumental painting The Appearance of Christ to the People. This oil on canvas work measures 540cms x 750cms (18ft x 24ft 6ins). Ivanov started on the painting in 1837 and did not complete and exhibit it in St Petersburg until 1858.
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