Ivan Argunov

Russian Rococo Era Painter , 1727/1729-1802 Russian painter and teacher. He came from a family of serfs, belonging to the Counts Sheremetev, that produced several painters and architects. In about 1746-7 he was a pupil of Georg Christoph Grooth (1716-49), who painted portraits of the Sheremetev family. With Grooth, Argunov worked on the decoration of the court church at Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin). A full-length icon of St John of Damascus (1749; Pushkin, Pal.-Mus.), in Rococo style, is distinguished by its secular, decorative character. The Dying Cleopatra (1750; Moscow, Tret'yakov Gal.) is typical of Rococo decorative painting of the mid-18th century, with its striking combination of light, soft tones. Argunov subsequently painted in a quite different style, mainly producing portraits, of which about 60 are known. Among the first of these are pendant portraits of Ivan Lobanov-Rostovsky and his wife (1750 and 1754; St Petersburg, Rus. Mus.), in which the sitters are idealized, as in ceremonial court portraits.
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Ivan Argunov Portrait of Alexander Dmitriev oil


Portrait of Alexander Dmitriev
Painting ID::  80666 		Portrait of Alexander Dmitriev
Date 1802 cyf
Date_1802 _cyf
   
   
     
Ivan Argunov Portrait of P.B. Sheremetev oil


Portrait of P.B. Sheremetev
Painting ID::  87457 		Portrait of P.B. Sheremetev
Date 1760 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 92 x 73.5 cm (36.2 x 28.9 in) cjr
   
   
     
Ivan Argunov Portrait of P.B. Sheremetev oil


Portrait of P.B. Sheremetev
Painting ID::  92228 		Portrait of P.B. Sheremetev
1760 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 92 X 73.5 cm (36.2 X 28.9 in) cyf
   
   
     
Ivan Argunov Portrait of K.A. Khripunov oil


Portrait of K.A. Khripunov
Painting ID::  94882 		Portrait of K.A. Khripunov
1757(1757) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 73.5 x 57.5 cm (28.9 x 22.6 in) cjr
   
   
     
Ivan Argunov Portrait of Grand Duchess Catherine Alexeyevna oil


Portrait of Grand Duchess Catherine Alexeyevna
Painting ID::  94883 		Portrait of Grand Duchess Catherine Alexeyevna
before 1762(1762) cjr
before_1762(1762) cjr
   
   
     
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     Russian Rococo Era Painter , 1727/1729-1802 Russian painter and teacher. He came from a family of serfs, belonging to the Counts Sheremetev, that produced several painters and architects. In about 1746-7 he was a pupil of Georg Christoph Grooth (1716-49), who painted portraits of the Sheremetev family. With Grooth, Argunov worked on the decoration of the court church at Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin). A full-length icon of St John of Damascus (1749; Pushkin, Pal.-Mus.), in Rococo style, is distinguished by its secular, decorative character. The Dying Cleopatra (1750; Moscow, Tret'yakov Gal.) is typical of Rococo decorative painting of the mid-18th century, with its striking combination of light, soft tones. Argunov subsequently painted in a quite different style, mainly producing portraits, of which about 60 are known. Among the first of these are pendant portraits of Ivan Lobanov-Rostovsky and his wife (1750 and 1754; St Petersburg, Rus. Mus.), in which the sitters are idealized, as in ceremonial court portraits.

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