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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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Naluchie i tul, ili kolchan

Naluchie i tul, ili kolchan (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Naprestol’noe evangelie kontsa XIV veka (izobrazhenie 3.)

Naprestol’noe evangelie kontsa XIV veka (izobrazhenie 3.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Naprestol’nyi krest tsaria Feodora Alekseevicha. (izobrazhenie 1.)

Naprestol’nyi krest tsaria Feodora Alekseevicha. (izobrazhenie 1.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Naruchi

Naruchi (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Nozh kniazia Andreia Ivanovicha, 1513 goda, i nozh okhotnichii

Nozh kniazia Andreia Ivanovicha, 1513 goda, i nozh okhotnichii (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Obraz Iosafovskoi Bozhiei Materi (Khran. V Arkhangel’skom sobore v Moskve.) Khromolitografiia F.Dregera.

Obraz Iosafovskoi Bozhiei Materi (Khran. V Arkhangel’skom sobore v Moskve.) Khromolitografiia F.Dregera. (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Obraz riz polozheniia, pisannyi pri tsare Mikhaile Feodoroviche

Obraz riz polozheniia, pisannyi pri tsare Mikhaile Feodoroviche (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Obraz Spasitelia

Obraz Spasitelia (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Obraz Sv. Makariev, Egipetskago i Aleksandriiskago

Obraz Sv. Makariev, Egipetskago i Aleksandriiskago (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Obrazok i krest (tyl’nik), pripisyvaemye Dimitriiu Samozvantsu

Obrazok i krest (tyl’nik), pripisyvaemye Dimitriiu Samozvantsu (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 10.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 10.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 11.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 11.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 12.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 12.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 13.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 13.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 14.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 14.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 15.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 15.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 16.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 16.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 17.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 17.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 6.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 6.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 7.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 7.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 8.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 8.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 9.)

Ocherki rez’by po slonovoi kosti na trone Ioanna III (izobrazhenie 9.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Odezhda boiar v XVI i XVII stoletii. Polevoe plat’e Godunova. Portret Afanasiia Vlas’eva. Portret stol’nika Petra Potemkina

Odezhda boiar v XVI i XVII stoletii. Polevoe plat’e Godunova. Portret Afanasiia Vlas’eva. Portret stol’nika Petra Potemkina (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Odezhda boiarskaia XVII stoletiia. Boiarskii nariadnyi kaftan i boiarskii opashen’

Odezhda boiarskaia XVII stoletiia. Boiarskii nariadnyi kaftan i boiarskii opashen’ (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Odezhda boiarskaia XVII stoletiia. Kaftan, nadevaemyi pod laty. Obyknovennyi boiarskii kaftan

Odezhda boiarskaia XVII stoletiia. Kaftan, nadevaemyi pod laty. Obyknovennyi boiarskii kaftan (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
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Odezhda boiarskaia XVII stoletiia. Kopiia s portreta Afanasiia Kirilovicha Naryshkina

Odezhda boiarskaia XVII stoletiia. Kopiia s portreta Afanasiia Kirilovicha Naryshkina (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Odezhda boiarskaia XVII stoletiia. Utrenii shelkovyi kaftan

Odezhda boiarskaia XVII stoletiia. Utrenii shelkovyi kaftan (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Odezhda boiarskaia, muzhskaia i zhenskaia XVII stoletiia

Odezhda boiarskaia, muzhskaia i zhenskaia XVII stoletiia (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Odezhda boiaryshen’ pri Petre I. Odezhda boiarina s portreta kn. Repnina. (iz puteshestviia fan Briuina.)

Odezhda boiaryshen’ pri Petre I. Odezhda boiarina s portreta kn. Repnina. (iz puteshestviia fan Briuina.) (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
Odezhda riazanskikh zhenshchin

Odezhda riazanskikh zhenshchin (1849 - 1853)

Fedor Grigoryevich Solntsev (Russian, 1801 – 1892)
Illustration
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