Background

Vasily Semenovich Sadovnikov was born in 1800, in Saint Petersburg into the family of a serf belonging to Princess N. P. Golitsina (nicknamed "Princesse Moustache"). He obtained his freedom in 1838, after her death, when he was already a well-known artist. Vasily's brother, Pyotr Sadovnikov, was Srtoganovs' and Golitsins' family architect.

Education

Vasily started his professional training with Andrey Voronikhin. Vasily Sadovnikov also learned his craft in Voronikhin's studios, where he came in contact with the painters Maxim Vorobiev and Alexey Venetsianov, who not only helped the gifted youth professionally but also took an active part in his liberation.

Career

Biographical details of his career are scarce.Sadovnikov mainly painted "views" (vedute), but these views are always inhabited with vivid scenes, which characterize the artist not only as a landscapist but also as a genre master.

Vasily's views of Saint Petersburg and its suburbs from 1830 to 1850 and interiors of its palaces, commissioned by the royal court and other high patrons, are best known. Sadovnikov's "Panorama of Nevsky Prospect" (1830 – 1850), which was 16 meters long, was later etched and widely published. He died in 1879 in Saint Petersburg and was buried at Mitrofanyevskoe Cemetery.

Achievements

• Vasily Sadovnikov was greatly famous for his paintings "Kamennoostrovsky bridge", "The Arch of the General Headquarters Building", "View of Palace Square and Winter Palace in St. Petersburg", and "View of the Anichkov Palace from the Fontanka River."

Works

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  • Anichkov bridge in St. Petersburg

    1830

  • Kamennoostrovsky bridge

    1830

  • The Arch of the General Headquarters Building

    1830

  • View of Palace Square and Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

    1830

  • Demidov hotel. Fragment of "Panorama of Nevsky Prospect"

    1835

  • View of the Anichkov Palace from the Fontanka River

    1838

  • View of the Winter Palace from the Admiralty

    1839

  • View of the Winter Palace from the west

    1840

  • Departure of an Omnibus from St. Isaac's Square in St. Petersburg

    1841

  • Interior of Trinitarian Church in Vilnius, Lithuania

    1846

  • Knight's Hall in Verkiai Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania

    1846

  • Mariinsky Palace as Seen from the Blue Bridge

    1847

  • View of the Neva and the Peter and Paul fortress

    1847

  • Eastern Wing of Verkiai Palace

    1848

  • School for Peasants Children in Verkiai

    1848

Views

Vasily Sadovnikov adhered to the artistic traditions of Realism.

Membership

Vasily Semenovich Sadovnikov became a Member of Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1849.

Connections

Vasily had a son Sergei Sadovnikov, an architect.

Brother:

Pyotr Sadovnikov

Son:

Sergei Sadovnikov

tutor:

Andrey Voronikhin

Friend:

Maxim Vorobiev