Grigory Gagarin
Russian: 11 May [O.S. 29 April] 1811 - 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1893) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator. Grigory Gagarin was born in Saint Petersburg to the noble Rurikid princely Gagarin family. His father, Prince Grigory Ivanovich Gagarin (Saint Petersburg, 17 March 1782 - Tegernsee, 12 February 1837), was a Russian diplomat in France and later the ambassador to Italy. His father married in Saint Petersburg in 1809 his mother Yekaterina Petrovna Sojmonova (Saint Petersburg, 23 May 1790 - Moscow, 27 February 1873). Thus until the age 13 the boy was with his family in Paris and Rome and then studied in the collegium Tolomei in Siena. Grigory did not receive a formal artistic education, but took private lessons from the famous Russian painter Karl Briullov who at that time lived in Italy. In 1832 he returned to Saint Petersburg, became acquainted with Alexander Pushkin and illustrated his works The Queen of Spades and The Tale of Tsar Saltan.He also became close to the opposition Circle of Sixteen and Mikhail Lermontov.
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Grigory Gagarin Kakhetia. Karaagach oil painting


Kakhetia. Karaagach
1841(1841) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  78207 		Grigory Gagarin
Kakhetia. Karaagach
1841(1841) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     
Grigory Gagarin Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May oil painting


Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May
from 1841(1841) until 1842(1842) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  79209 		Grigory Gagarin
Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May
from 1841(1841) until 1842(1842) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     
Grigory Gagarin Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May oil painting


Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May
from 1841(1841) until 1842(1842) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  79967 		Grigory Gagarin
Battle of Akhatle between Russians and Circassians on May
from 1841(1841) until 1842(1842) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     
Grigory Gagarin Trick Ridings of Curds and Tatars in front of the Fortress Sardar-Abbat in Armenia oil painting


Trick Ridings of Curds and Tatars in front of the Fortress Sardar-Abbat in Armenia
1840s Oil on canvas cjr
Painting ID::  80348 		Grigory Gagarin
Trick Ridings of Curds and Tatars in front of the Fortress Sardar-Abbat in Armenia
1840s Oil on canvas cjr
   
   
     
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     Russian: 11 May [O.S. 29 April] 1811 - 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1893) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator. Grigory Gagarin was born in Saint Petersburg to the noble Rurikid princely Gagarin family. His father, Prince Grigory Ivanovich Gagarin (Saint Petersburg, 17 March 1782 - Tegernsee, 12 February 1837), was a Russian diplomat in France and later the ambassador to Italy. His father married in Saint Petersburg in 1809 his mother Yekaterina Petrovna Sojmonova (Saint Petersburg, 23 May 1790 - Moscow, 27 February 1873). Thus until the age 13 the boy was with his family in Paris and Rome and then studied in the collegium Tolomei in Siena. Grigory did not receive a formal artistic education, but took private lessons from the famous Russian painter Karl Briullov who at that time lived in Italy. In 1832 he returned to Saint Petersburg, became acquainted with Alexander Pushkin and illustrated his works The Queen of Spades and The Tale of Tsar Saltan.He also became close to the opposition Circle of Sixteen and Mikhail Lermontov.

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