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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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Sablia

Sablia (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Samostrely i zheleznaia strela

Samostrely i zheleznaia strela (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Sapogi. Drevniaia tsarskaia obuv’

Sapogi. Drevniaia tsarskaia obuv’ (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Sedlo kn. Dm. Mikh. Pozharskago

Sedlo kn. Dm. Mikh. Pozharskago (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Sen’ nad prestolom tserkvi Grebnevskoi Bozhiei materi

Sen’ nad prestolom tserkvi Grebnevskoi Bozhiei materi (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Sen’ nad prestolom v Moskovskom Uspenskom sobore

Sen’ nad prestolom v Moskovskom Uspenskom sobore (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia bratina XV veka

Serebrianaia bratina XV veka (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia chasha vremen tsaria Ioanna IV. Shandal vremen tsaria Mikhaila Feodorovicha I starinnoe mednoe kadilo

Serebrianaia chasha vremen tsaria Ioanna IV. Shandal vremen tsaria Mikhaila Feodorovicha I starinnoe mednoe kadilo (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia darokhranitel’nitsa, pozhertvovannaia imperatorom Petrom Velikim v Moskovskii Arkhangel’skii sobor

Serebrianaia darokhranitel’nitsa, pozhertvovannaia imperatorom Petrom Velikim v Moskovskii Arkhangel’skii sobor (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia darokhranitel’nitsa, v 1-2 um

Serebrianaia darokhranitel’nitsa, v 1-2 um (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia kol’chuga i zheleznaia maska

Serebrianaia kol’chuga i zheleznaia maska (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia kruzhka, ukrashennaia finift’iu i kamen’iami, i turii rog, opravlennyi zolotom i kamen’iami

Serebrianaia kruzhka, ukrashennaia finift’iu i kamen’iami, i turii rog, opravlennyi zolotom i kamen’iami (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia lokhan’, ukrashennaia khrustalem idragotsennymi kameniiami

Serebrianaia lokhan’, ukrashennaia khrustalem idragotsennymi kameniiami (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia perechnitsa tsaria Feodora Ioannovicha i zolotoi kovsh tsaria Borisa Godunova

Serebrianaia perechnitsa tsaria Feodora Ioannovicha i zolotoi kovsh tsaria Borisa Godunova (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia stopa

Serebrianaia stopa (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianaia zolochenaia kruzhka, ukrashennaia emal’iu

Serebrianaia zolochenaia kruzhka, ukrashennaia emal’iu (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianoe zolochenoe bliudo, ukrashennoe emal’iu i vostochnym khrustalem

Serebrianoe zolochenoe bliudo, ukrashennoe emal’iu i vostochnym khrustalem (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi globus tsaria Alekseia Mikhailovicha

Serebrianyi globus tsaria Alekseia Mikhailovicha (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi podsvechnik, sdelanyi po poveleniiu Novgor. Mitr. Shitirima, v 1669-7177 godu

Serebrianyi podsvechnik, sdelanyi po poveleniiu Novgor. Mitr. Shitirima, v 1669-7177 godu (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi pozolochenyi sudok, prislanyi v dar ot shvedskago korolia v 1644 g

Serebrianyi pozolochenyi sudok, prislanyi v dar ot shvedskago korolia v 1644 g (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi rukomoinik

Serebrianyi rukomoinik (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi tron

Serebrianyi tron (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi tsvetnik, solonka i kubok 1603 goda

Serebrianyi tsvetnik, solonka i kubok 1603 goda (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi zolochenyi kubok II

Serebrianyi zolochenyi kubok II (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi zolochenyi kubok

Serebrianyi zolochenyi kubok (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Serebrianyi zolochenyi rukomoinik, ukrashennyi dragotsennymi kamniami, finift’iu I khrustalem

Serebrianyi zolochenyi rukomoinik, ukrashennyi dragotsennymi kamniami, finift’iu I khrustalem (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Ser’gi i pugovitsy, naidennye bliz Pereiaslavlia

Ser’gi i pugovitsy, naidennye bliz Pereiaslavlia (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Shapka altabasnaia, nazivaemaia sibirskoiu. (izobrazhenie 1.)

Shapka altabasnaia, nazivaemaia sibirskoiu. (izobrazhenie 1.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Shapka altabasnaia. (izobrazhenie 2.)

Shapka altabasnaia. (izobrazhenie 2.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Shapka Erikhonskaia. (izobrazhenie 1.)

Shapka Erikhonskaia. (izobrazhenie 1.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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