Ivan Vladimirov

Ivan Vladimirov
Ива́н Влади́миров
Self-portrait, 1910
Born	10 January 1870 [O.S. 29 December 1869]
Died	14 December 1947(1947-12-14) (aged 77)
Resting place	Serafimovskoe Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts
Occupation	War artist
Known for	Paintings that glorified the October Revolution
Movement	Military art
Awards	Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Ivan Alekseyevich Vladimirov, also John Wladimiroff (Russian: Ива́н Алексе́евич Влади́миров) (10 January 1870 [O.S. 29 December 1869] – 14 December 1947) was a Russian artist: painter and graphic artist. During the wars of 1904–1916, he became known as a war artist ("batalist").[1][2] Afterwards, his reputation has become controversial. In the Soviet Union, he was known for paintings that glorified the October Revolution.[2] However, in the West and in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he has become known for harshly critical imagery of the aftermath of the Revolution.[3][4][1][5][6][7]

The two sides of the Revolution

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  Down with the Eagle (tearing down symbols of the Russian Empire), 1917
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  On the Streets of Petrograd, 1918
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  Prodrazvyorstka (grain requisitioning)
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  Clergy on forced labour, 1919
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  From their homes
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  No one to protect, 1921

Biography

Ivan Vladimirov was born in Vilnius to Russian intellectual Aleksei Porfirievich Vladimirov, a priest,[7] and a British mother, Catherine Waghorn, a watercolor artist. In non-Russian documents, the family spelled their name as Wladimiroff and the artist spelled his name in English as John Wladimiroff.[3]

He is interred in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery, St. Petersburg.[7]

Awards and decorations

• 1946: Honored Artist of the RSFSR[7][2]
• 1945: Order of the Red Banner of Labour, for the "fruitful activity in the field of Soviet art"[7][2]
• Various medals[2]
• 1897: "Class artist [ru] of the first degree" title for the painting "Бой адыгейцев на реке Малке" ("The Battle of Circassians by Malka River") [6]
• 1890s: Awards for battle scenes[1]

References

1. Peter Harrington, "Views of War and Revolution in Russia"
2. "Владимиров Иван Алексеевич", in: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
3. "The Double Vision of Battle Artist Ivan A. Vladimirov", Russian print version: Окаянные годы : революция в Россииглазами художника Ивана Владимирова, London : Ruzhnikov Publishing, Vicenza, Italy : Artveneto 2019
4. Свидетель истории. Художник Иван Владимиров
5. Natalya Batorevich, Всю жизнь я служил России... Жизнь и творчество И. А. Владимирова, Sankt-Petersburg, 2013, ISBN 978-5-86007-724-9, a detailed biography by Vladimirov's granddaughter
6. Anatoli Roshchin, Иван Алексеевич Владимиров. Жизнь и творчество. 1869 – 1947., Leningrad, 1970
7. Иван Владимиров