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DiaporamaA prist from Armenia
grigory grigorievich gagarin (1810 – 1893)
Grigory Gagarin (1810-1893) was a Russian painter, diplomat & administrator known for his portraits of Caucasian peoples & illustrations of Pushkin's works. Explore his unique window into 19th-century Russian art and culture.
Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Designed in a historicist style blending Gothic and Islamic architectural elements, overseen by Aleksander Rogojski. Its ornate facade and intricate details make it a visual spectacle.
Born in Saint Petersburg to the noble Rurikid princely family Grigory Gagarin was a Russian painter,Major General and diplomat.A friend of Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov, In 1848-1855 Gagarin lived in Tiflis served under Mikhail Vorontsov. Among the military and administrative duties, Gagarin did a lot of works for the city. He built a theater, frescoed the Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral, and restored frescoes of the old Georgian cathedrals, including the Betania monastery. In his records ‘The journey to Caucasus’ a French writer Alexander Duma (the father) writes: I have never seen such a delightful theatre building before. With its vestibule, interior, theatre curtain and wall paintings it reminds me building of Pompey Theatre. The Art Palace of Georgia possesses a valuable collection of Gagarin’s ‘Sketches and Drawings of Caucasian People’
About this artwork
- Title: A prist from Armenia
- Artist: grigory grigorievich gagarin
- Year: 1855
- Original dimensions: 59.0 x 42.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History
- Movement: Ethnographic Illustration
- Main color: Putty
- Keywords: watercolor illustration , russian painter gagarin , monochromatic artwork
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