Ivan Vladimirov Explained

Ivan Vladimirov, also John Wladimiroff (Russian: Владимиров, Иван Алексеевич) (– 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"). Afterwards, his reputation has become controversial. In the Soviet Union, he was known for paintings that glorified the October Revolution.[1] 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.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.[2]

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

Awards and decorations

Notes and References

  1. "Владимиров Иван Алексеевич", in: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. https://www.academia.edu/40394936/The_Double_Vision_of_Battle_Artist_Ivan_A_Vladimirov "The Double Vision of Battle Artist Ivan A. Vladimirov"
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20211030152307/http://izbrannoe.com/news/iskusstvo/svidetel-istorii-khudozhnik-ivan-vladimirov/ Свидетель истории. Художник Иван Владимиров
  4. Peter Harrington, "Views of War and Revolution in Russia"
  5. Natalya Batorevich, Всю жизнь я служил России... Жизнь и творчество И. А. Владимирова, Sankt-Petersburg, 2013,, a detailed biography by Vladimirov's granddaughter
  6. Anatoli Roshchin, Иван Алексеевич Владимиров. Жизнь и творчество. 1869 – 1947., Leningrad, 1970
  7. https://www.culture.ru/persons/9842/ivan-vladimirov Иван Владимиров