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Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev
Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev

Russian, 1801 – 1892
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Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev was a Russian painter and historian of art. His artwork was a major contribution in recording and preserving medieval Russian culture, which was a common subject of his paintings. He was the main author of the fundamental work Antiquities of the Russian State [ru], the main decorator of interiors of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. He discovered and restored mosaics and frescoes of Saint Sophia's Cathedral and Cathedral of the Dormition of Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, and of Cathedral of Saint Demetrius in Vladimir.

Fedor Solntsev, together with Metropolitan Philaret and Archimandrite Photius Spassky [ru] are considered the founders of modern Russian icon painting canon synthesizing ancient Russian traditions, post-Petrine efforts and modern art discoveries.

Fedor Solntsev was born in Verkhne-Nikulskoye [ru] a village near Rybinsk in the Yaroslavl Governorate. His parents were serfs of Count Ivan Alekseyevich Musin-Pushkin [ru]. His father, Grigory Konstantinovich Solntsev, worked as a box-office attendant for the Imperial theaters in Saint Petersburg and travelled to the village very infrequently while his mother, Elizaveta Frolovna Solntseva, was a peasant and lived all her life in the village. Fedor spent his early life with his mother and siblings. After discovering his artistic ability, his master freed the Solntsev family, which allowed Fedor to enter the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg in 1815 and became a pupil of Alexei Yegorov and Stepan Shchukin. Later, Fedor's younger brother, Yegor Solntsev also graduated from the Imperial Academy of Art and became a notable painter.

Fedor graduated from the Academy in 1824 receiving a "Lesser Gold Medal" for his painting A Peasant Family. In 1827 he received the "Greater Gold Medal" from the Academy for his painting Render unto Caesar. In 1836 he became a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts for his work Meeting of Grand Duke Sviatoslav with John of Tzimiskes. In 1876 Solntsev was appointed Professor of the Academy.

Fedor Solntsev's work was supported by the President of Imperial Academy of Arts Alexey Olenin and Emperor Nicholas I. The Emperor commissioned Solntsev to decorate dinner parties and embellish his private apartments in the Kremlin. Through his life Solntsev worked on restoration of many Moscow Kremlin buildings including the Grand Kremlin Palace and Kremlin Armoury. He painted Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and other churches in Moscow. Solntsev also worked in Kiev with restoration and describing artefacts of Kiev Pechersk Lavra. He painted the interiors of the Krestovozdvizhenskaya Church [ru] there.

Olenin commissioned Solntsev to describe archaeological and historical artifacts of Russian state. Solntsev started to work in 1830. He made more than 3000 highly detailed drawing of different artifacts including the record of all the Kremlin's riches. Seven hundreds of those drawings made the core for the six-volume publications titled Antiquities of the Russian State. The encyclopedia was published after Olenin's death using the funds provided by Nicholas I. Solntsev also provided a detailed chronicle of Old Russian style in his book Clothing of Russia.

Solntsev died on 3 March 1892 and was buried in Volkovo Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.

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Podrobnosti bratiny Tret’iakova

Podrobnosti bratiny Tret’iakova (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Podrobnosti klobuka arkhiepiskopa Vasiliia. Omofor arkhiepiskopa Moiseia 1362 g. Epitrahil’ i poruchi episkopa Nikity

Podrobnosti klobuka arkhiepiskopa Vasiliia. Omofor arkhiepiskopa Moiseia 1362 g. Epitrahil’ i poruchi episkopa Nikity (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Podrobnosti serebrianoi kol’chugi i zheleznaia kol’chuga

Podrobnosti serebrianoi kol’chugi i zheleznaia kol’chuga (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Podrobnosti serebrianoi ladannitsy, v nast. velich

Podrobnosti serebrianoi ladannitsy, v nast. velich (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Podrobnosti shlema tsaria Alekseia Mikhailovicha

Podrobnosti shlema tsaria Alekseia Mikhailovicha (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Podrobnosti shlema V.K. Aleksandra Nevskago

Podrobnosti shlema V.K. Aleksandra Nevskago (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Podsvechniki

Podsvechniki (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Pokrovets i podnozhie serebrianogo trona

Pokrovets i podnozhie serebrianogo trona (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Polotentse, shitoe zolotom, i perschataia rukavitsa

Polotentse, shitoe zolotom, i perschataia rukavitsa (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Pol’skii kaftan Petra Velikago

Pol’skii kaftan Petra Velikago (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Posokh. Sv. Episkopa Nikity I sviatitel’skaia panagiia

Posokh. Sv. Episkopa Nikity I sviatitel’skaia panagiia (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Potir, diskos, lzhitsa i kopie, zolotye, sdelannye pri tsare Feodore Alekseeviche v 1680 godu

Potir, diskos, lzhitsa i kopie, zolotye, sdelannye pri tsare Feodore Alekseeviche v 1680 godu (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Potiry, diskos i lzhitsa Antoniia Rimlianina, iashmovyia, ukrashennie zolotom I dragotsennymi kamniami

Potiry, diskos i lzhitsa Antoniia Rimlianina, iashmovyia, ukrashennie zolotom I dragotsennymi kamniami (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Prilbitsa

Prilbitsa (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Profil’ i razrez serebrianogo trona

Profil’ i razrez serebrianogo trona (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Prostye shchity raznoi formy

Prostye shchity raznoi formy (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Protazany II

Protazany II (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Protazany

Protazany (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Pugovitsy s tsarskikh stanovykh kaftanov

Pugovitsy s tsarskikh stanovykh kaftanov (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Rasol’nik

Rasol’nik (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Rastianutaia serebrianaia kol’chuga

Rastianutaia serebrianaia kol’chuga (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Reshetka teremnago dvortsa, ot Verkhospasskoi tserkvi

Reshetka teremnago dvortsa, ot Verkhospasskoi tserkvi (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Reshmy ili konskie nalobniki

Reshmy ili konskie nalobniki (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Rog

Rog (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Rogatina velikago kniazia Borisa Aleksandrovicha Tverskago (1425 goda)

Rogatina velikago kniazia Borisa Aleksandrovicha Tverskago (1425 goda) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Rukomoinik rakovinnyi

Rukomoinik rakovinnyi (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Saadak tsaria Alekseia Mikhailovicha, grecheskago dela. Naluchie

Saadak tsaria Alekseia Mikhailovicha, grecheskago dela. Naluchie (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Sablia kniazia D.M. Pozharskago i sablia grazhdanina Minina

Sablia kniazia D.M. Pozharskago i sablia grazhdanina Minina (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Sablia kniazia Fedora Mikhailovicha Mstislavskago

Sablia kniazia Fedora Mikhailovicha Mstislavskago (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Sablia, pripisyvaemaia V.K. Vladimiru Monomakhu

Sablia, pripisyvaemaia V.K. Vladimiru Monomakhu (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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