Karl Brjullov

Karl Brjullov
Karl Bryullov, Public domain

(1799–1852) Russian painter (1799-1852)

Karl Brjullov (1799–1852) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Karl Brjullov belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Karl Brjullov was born in Saint Petersburg and died in Manziana. Karl Brjullov trained at Imperial Academy of Arts. Wikidata associates Karl Brjullov with Romanticism. Karl Brjullov became a member of Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. The awards include Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, and Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class. The students included Pimen Orlov and Dmytro Bezperchy.

One of the best-known works is ‘The Last Day of Pompeii’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and history painting. The catalogue has 66 works by Karl Brjullov with free images. The dated works span the years 1800–1850. Works by Karl Brjullov are held by several collections, among them Tretjakovgalleriet, Ryska museet, Eremitaget, and Tretyakov Gallery. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henri Decaisne, August Kopisch, Frederick Catherwood, Thomas Witlam Atkinson, and Michał Kulesza.