Vasily Sternberg

Vasily Ivanovich Sternberg (Ukrainian: Василь Іванович Штернберґ, Russian: Василий Иванович Штернберг; (12 February 1818, Saint Petersburg - 8 September 1845, Rome) was a Russian and Ukrainian landscape and genre painter.[1]

Vasily Sternberg
Василий Иванович Штернберг
Self-portrait
Born(1818-02-12)February 12, 1818
Saint Petersburg
DiedSeptember 8, 1845(1845-09-08) (aged 27)
Rome
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts
Known forPainting
AwardsBig Gold Medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1838)

Biography

His father was a mining official. He began by auditing classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts and became a full student in 1835, studying landscape painting with Maxim Vorobiev.[1] In addition to his formal works, he was known for his delightful drawings and caricatures.

Summers were spent at the home of his patron in a region of the Ukraine known as "Little Russia". Many of his best-known works were inspired by what he saw there. Some of his works were purchased by Tsar Nicholas I as gifts for the Tsar's family.[1] He was honored with the title of "Artist Class XIV".

From 1839 to 1840, he served in the expeditionary force to Khiva, led by General Vasily Alekseevich Perovsky.[2] Following that, he received a fellowship from the Academy to work in Rome.[2] He died there five years later, aged only twenty-seven.

Selected paintings
  • Italian Peasants, playing cardsat the Osteria
    Italian Peasants, playing cards
    at the Osteria
  • A Fair in Ukraine
    A Fair in Ukraine
  • View of Podil, in Kiev
    View of Podil, in Kiev
  • Shinok (peasant's tavern) in Little Russia
    Shinok (peasant's tavern)
    in Little Russia

References
  1. "Штернберг, Василий Иванович". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: In 86 Volumes (82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes). St. Petersburg. 1890–1907.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. RusArtNet: Biography

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