Orest Kiprensky
(1782–1836) Russian artist (1782-1836)
Orest Kiprensky (1782–1836) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Orest Kiprensky belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Orest Kiprensky was born in Nezhnovo and died in Rome. Orest Kiprensky trained at Imperial Academy of Arts. Wikidata associates Orest Kiprensky with Romanticism. Orest Kiprensky was awarded Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.
The best-known works include ‘Alexander Pushkin’, ‘Portrait of A.A.Chelishchev’, ‘Portrait of Life Guard Colonel Yevgraf Davydov’, and ‘Gazette readers in Naples’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 24 works by Orest Kiprensky with free images. The dated works span the years 1808–1833. Works by Orest Kiprensky are held by several collections, among them Tretjakovgalleriet, Ryska museet, Eremitaget, and National Museum in Warsaw.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include John Sell Cotman, Waleria Tarnowska, János Rombauer, William Allan, and Franz Xaver Lampi.