Sergei Olegovich Kuznetsov
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Sergei Olegovich Kuznetsov (born 7 December 1960, Leningrad
) is a Russian historian and art historian, specialising in Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov
.
. Ivan Chechot (Иван Дмитриевич Чечот) was one of his teachers. In 1984, in parallel with his studies, he begun to work at the department of painting (18th–19th centuries) at the State Russian Museum
and participated in preparations for the anniversary exhibition of works by Dmitry Levitzky
. Art painting of Levitsky became Kuznetsov's first significant research subject and resulted in his thesis, "Official prohibitions in the work of D.G. Levitzky. Their art principles and an ideological orientation" («Официальные заказы в творчестве Д. Г. Левицкого. Их художественные принципы и идеологическая направленность», 1987) and the book Неизвестный Левицкий. Портретное творчество живописца в контексте петербургского мифа (1996).
His further research work has included paintings of Jan Chrucki, Alexander Brullov
, William Heste
, and Adam Menelaws
. Kuznetsov is the author of more than 70 articles in the Grove Dictionary of Art
(1996). Between 1990 and 2000 he reviewed Saint Petersburg art exhibitions for the magazines «Итоги» and «Арт-хроника» and newspapers «Российская культура» and «Время новостей
».
The history of the Stroganov
family became the second important topic of his research. In 1991, he examined the history of the Stroganov Palace
. In 2008, he defended his doctor of historical sciences
dissertation on the subject «Государственная и меценатская деятельность рода Строгaновых в имперский период» (State and patronal activity of Stroganovs during the imperial period). At the same time he wrote the book Дома и дворцы Строгaновых (Houses and Palaces of Stroganovs), in which he described the history of the Stroganovs in the Tsarist period. In 2003, he was awarded the medal In memory of the 300th anniversary of St.-Petersburg («В память 300-летия Санкт-Петербурга»). In 2006, he edited "Not worse than Thomon
" («Не хуже Томона»), where he described the period of 1771—1817 in the history of the Stroganovs. The book was assessed by Vremya Novostei as one of the best Russian books in the field of art in 2007.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) is a Russian historian and art historian, specialising in Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov
Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov
Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov was a Russian baron and a member of the Stroganovs family. He was a member of the Private Committee of Alexander I and assistant to the Minister of the Interior, a long time President of the Imperial Academy of Arts, director of the Russian Imperial Library and a...
.
Life
Between 1981 and 1987 Kuznetsov studied Russian and world art at the Faculty of History at the Leningrad State UniversitySaint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg and one of the oldest and largest universities in Russia....
. Ivan Chechot (Иван Дмитриевич Чечот) was one of his teachers. In 1984, in parallel with his studies, he begun to work at the department of painting (18th–19th centuries) at the State Russian Museum
Russian Museum
The State Russian Museum is the largest depository of Russian fine art in St Petersburg....
and participated in preparations for the anniversary exhibition of works by Dmitry Levitzky
Dmitry Levitzky
Dmitry Levitzky was a Russian-Ukrainian portrait painter.-Biography:...
. Art painting of Levitsky became Kuznetsov's first significant research subject and resulted in his thesis, "Official prohibitions in the work of D.G. Levitzky. Their art principles and an ideological orientation" («Официальные заказы в творчестве Д. Г. Левицкого. Их художественные принципы и идеологическая направленность», 1987) and the book Неизвестный Левицкий. Портретное творчество живописца в контексте петербургского мифа (1996).
His further research work has included paintings of Jan Chrucki, Alexander Brullov
Alexander Brullov
Alexander Pavlovich Brullov was a Russian artist associated with the latest phase of the Russian Neoclassicism.Alexander Brullov was born in Saint Petersburg into a family of French artists: his great grandfather, his grandfather, his father and his brothers were artists. His first teacher was...
, William Heste
William Heste
William Hastie was a Russian architect, civil engineer and town planner of Scottish descent. His name is also transliterated back from Russian as William Heste or, seldom, Vasily Heste....
, and Adam Menelaws
Adam Menelaws
Adam Menelaws, also spelled Menelas was an architect and landscape designer of Scottish origin, active in the Russian Empire from 1784 to 1831...
. Kuznetsov is the author of more than 70 articles in the Grove Dictionary of Art
Grove Dictionary of Art
Grove Art Online, formerly The Dictionary of Art but usually known as The Grove Dictionary of Art, is a large encyclopedia of art, now part of the online reference publications of Oxford University Press, and previously a 34-volume printed encyclopedia when last published on paper in 1996...
(1996). Between 1990 and 2000 he reviewed Saint Petersburg art exhibitions for the magazines «Итоги» and «Арт-хроника» and newspapers «Российская культура» and «Время новостей
Vremya Novostei
Vremya Novostei was a Russian business socio-political daily newspaper based in Moscow.Vremya Novostei was founded in 2000 by former Vremya MN newspaper journalists led by editor-in-chief Vladimir Gurevich retiring in consequence of the non-payment of wages...
».
The history of the Stroganov
Stroganovs
The Stroganovs or Strogonovs , also spelled in French manner as Stroganoffs, were a family of highly successful Russian merchants, industrialists, landowners, and statesmen of the 16th – 20th centuries who eventually earned nobility.-Origins:...
family became the second important topic of his research. In 1991, he examined the history of the Stroganov Palace
Stroganov Palace
The Stroganov Palace is a Late Baroque palace at the intersection of the Moika River and Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The palace was built to Bartolomeo Rastrelli's designs for Baron Sergei Grigoriyevich Stroganov in 1753-1754...
. In 2008, he defended his doctor of historical sciences
Doktor nauk
Doktor nauk is a higher doctoral degree, the second and the highest post-graduate academic degree in the Soviet Union, Russia and in many post-Soviet states. Sometimes referred to as Dr. Hab. The prerequisite is the first degree, Kandidat nauk which is informally regarded equivalent to Ph.D....
dissertation on the subject «Государственная и меценатская деятельность рода Строгaновых в имперский период» (State and patronal activity of Stroganovs during the imperial period). At the same time he wrote the book Дома и дворцы Строгaновых (Houses and Palaces of Stroganovs), in which he described the history of the Stroganovs in the Tsarist period. In 2003, he was awarded the medal In memory of the 300th anniversary of St.-Petersburg («В память 300-летия Санкт-Петербурга»). In 2006, he edited "Not worse than Thomon
Jean-François Thomas de Thomon
Jean-François Thomas de Thomon was a French neoclassical architect who worked in Eastern Europe in 1791–1813. Thomas de Thomon was the author of Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns on the spit of Vasilievsky Island in Saint Petersburg and the first building of the Odessa...
" («Не хуже Томона»), where he described the period of 1771—1817 in the history of the Stroganovs. The book was assessed by Vremya Novostei as one of the best Russian books in the field of art in 2007.
Works
- Новейший путеводитель по Строгановскому дворцу / Сост. С. Кузнецов. — СПб.: Б. С. К., 1995. — 77 с. — ISBN 5-88925-001-9
- Неизвестный Левицкий. Портретное творчество живописца в контексте петербургского мифа. — СПб., 1996.
- Дворцы Строгановых. — СПб.: ООО «Алмаз», 1998. — 160 с.
- Пусть Франция поучит нас «танцовать». Создание Строгоновского дворца в Петербурге и своеобразие придворной культуры России в первой половине XVIII века. — СПб., 2003. — 512 c. — ISBN 5-303-001090-1
- Не хуже Томона. Государственная, меценатская, собирательская деятельность рода Строгоновых в 1771—1817 гг. и формирование имперского облика Санкт-Петербурга. — СПБ.: Нестор, 2006—447 с — ISBN 5-303-00293-4
- Дворцы и дома Строгоновых. Три века истории. — М-СПб: Центрполиграф, МиМ-Дельта, 2008. — 319 с — ISBN 978-5-9524-3471-4
External links
- Sergey O. Kuznetsov – Who is Who in Russia