Off to Russia with French-born Louis Caravaque 1684–1752

 Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Empress Elizabeth


One of the most successful foreign artists to work in Russia, Louis Caravaque is an example of the Europeanization, that Peter the Great sought to bring to his new city of Saint Petersburg. Born into a family of artists in Marseilles, Caravaque began his career painting ships like his father, but his portraits attracted enough attention to warrant a contract in 1715 to come to Russia for 3 years to paint portraits, battle paintings, historical scenes & landscapes. By 1716, Caravaque was living in St. Petersburg, painting & teaching students.  Caravaque continued to be a dominant force in the world of portrait painting in the Russian court through the reigns of Catherine, Anna Ioannovna & Elizabeth, all of whom he painted. His work covers a variety of members of the Imperial family & the nobility at various stages in their lives.  In addition to portraits, Caravaque designed several interiors & painted a variety of battle scenes related to Peter's military victories in the Northern Wars. He was also commissioned to paint several icons, becoming one of the first foreign artists to do so. Caravaque died in 1752, in St. Petersburg & was buried in the cemetery at St. Sampson Cathedral.

 Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Empress Elizabeth

 Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Empress Elizabeth

 Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia (1718-1746)

 Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna 1730

 Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Portrait of Tsesarevna Anna Petrovna

Louis Caravaque (French-born Russian painter, 1684–1752) Catherine I of Russia  (1684-1727)

Off to Russia - by Edgar Degas 1834-1917

Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834-1917) Russian Dancers 1895


The whirling Russian dancers of Russian painter Philip Andreyevich Maliavin (1869-1940) remind me of These late 1890s pastels of Edgar Degas (1834-1917).

Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834-1917) Russian Dancers 1899

Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834-1917) Russian Dancers 1899


Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834-1917) Russian Dancers 1899


Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834-1917) Russian Dancers 1899


Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834-1917) Russian Dancers 1899

Off to Russia - Alexey Venetsianov (1780-1847) paints mostly peasant girls

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Girl in a Kerchief. 1830s.


Alexei Gavrilovich Venetsianov (1780-1847) Was a master of genre art in Both rural landscape paintings and life in portraits. Venetsianov Was the first artist in a history of Russia, Who Represented the life of Peasants. This posting features de son Many peasant paintings.

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) A Peasant Girl with a Calf. 1820s.

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Girl in a Kerchief. 1830s.

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Girl with the Birchen Basket. 1824.

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Fortunetelling.

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Milk Woman.

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Peasant Girl with Butterflies.

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Peasant Woman Combing Flax

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Pelageya. Peasant Woman with Rake and Scythe. c 1825

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Portrait of the Merchant's Wife Obraztsova. 1830s

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Reaper. 1820s

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Wet-Nurse with a Child. 1830

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Girl with the Cornflowers. 1820s

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Girl with Milk

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) A Peasant Girl from Tver

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Peasant Woman

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Peasant Girl

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Old Nurse in Shlychkov

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Young Woman

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Shelling

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Spinner

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Nastya Havskaya

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) VS Putyatina

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Peasant with sycle in the Rye

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Girl with Accordion

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Reapers

Alexey Venetsianov (Russian painter, 1780-1847) Peasant Woman with Rake

Off to Russia - Women - An Evolution from 1760-1940

1760 Fyodor Rokotov (Russian painter, 1736-1808) Catherine II

1772 Fyodor Rokotov (Russian painter, 1736-1808) Alexandra Struiskaya

1780 Fyodor Rokotov (Russian painter, 1736-1808) Catherine II

1863 Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (Russian painter, 1837-1887) E Vasichikova

1872 Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (Russian painter, 1837-1887) Girl with a Tress

1879 Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (Russian painter, 1837-1887) Artist's Wife

1882 Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (Russian painter, 1837-1887) Empress Maria Feodorovna

1883 Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (Russian painter, 1837-1887) Portrait of a Woman

1884 Viktor Vasnetsov (Russian painter, 1848-1926) Tatiana Mamontova

1890 Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (Russian painter, 1837-1887) Empress Maria Feodorovna

1915 Mikhail Nesterov (Russian painter, 1862-1942) Sasha

1928 Mikhail Nesterov (Russian painter, 1862-1942)A Sick Girl

1938 Mikhail Nesterov (Russian painter, 1862-1942) Elena Rasumova

1938 Mikhail Nesterov (Russian painter, 1862-1942) Elizaveta Kruglikova

1939 Mikhail Nesterov (Russian painter, 1862-1942) Elizaveta Kruglikova

1940 Mikhail Nesterov (Russian painter, 1862-1942) Portrait of Vera Mukina