Clodt von Jürgensburg
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n family. Many of its members were prominent artists. Among the notable members of the family were:
- Karl Clodt von Jürgensburg (Karl-Gustav) (1765–1822) - colonel since 1806, participant in Patriotic War of 1812;
- Baron Gustaf Adolf Clodt (1692–1738), son of Johan Adolph Clodt
- Baron Johan Adolph Clodt von Jurgensburg
- Vladimir Clodt (1803–1882), professor of mathematics and general, chief of drawing department of the General StaffGeneral StaffA military staff, often referred to as General Staff, Army Staff, Navy Staff or Air Staff within the individual services, is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provides a bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units...
of Russian Army; son of Karl; - Peter Clodt von JürgensburgPeter Clodt von JürgensburgBaron Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, known in Russian as Pyotr Karlovich Klodt , was a favourite sculptor of Nicholas I of Russia.Stemming from a distinguished family of Baltic Germans, Clodt von Jürgensburg, Klodt started his career as a professional artillery officer and amateur sculptor...
(1805–1867), prominent Russian sculptor, son of Karl; - Konstantin Clodt (1807–1879), the first Russian wood engraverWood engravingWood engraving is a technique in printmaking where the "matrix" worked by the artist is a block of wood. It is a variety of woodcut and so a relief printing technique, where ink is applied to the face of the block and printed by using relatively low pressure. A normal engraving, like an etching,...
, son of Karl; - Mikhail Petrovich Clodt (1835–1914), Russian painter, member of PeredvizhnikiPeredvizhnikiPeredvizhniki , often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who in protest at academic restrictions formed an artists' cooperative; it evolved into the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions in 1870.- History :In 1863 a group of fourteen students...
; son of Peter; - Mikhail Konstantinovich ClodtMikhail Konstantinovich ClodtMikhail Konstantinovich Clodt baron von Jürgensburg was a Russian realistic painter.Mikhail Clodt was born to the artistic family of barons Clodt von Jürgensburg, his father Konstantin Clodt was the first Russian wood engraver, his uncle Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg was a famous Russian sculptor.He...
(1832–1902); prominent realist painter; son of Konstantin; - Elisabeth JärnefeltElisabeth JärnefeltElisabeth Järnefelt was known as mother of Finnish art and culture....
(née Clodt von Jürgensburg, 1839–1929); daughter of Konstantin - Nikolay Clodt (1865–?) painter, grandson of Konstantin;
- Yevgeny Clodt (1866–1934), painter and jeweler, grandson of Konstantin;
- Pyotr Mikhailovich Clodt (1903–1942) painter, son of Mikhail Petrovich;
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Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften Estland - Genealogy handbook of Baltic nobilityBaltic nobility
The Baltic nobility was the privileged social class in the territories of today's Estonia and Latvia. It existed continuously since the medieval foundation of Terra Mariana...