Nikolay Sauerweid Explained

Native Name:Николай Александрович Зауервейд
Birth Date:1836
Birth Place:Saint Petersburg
Death Place:Saint Petersburg
Field:Painting

Nikolay Alexandrovich Sauerweid (Russian: Николай Александрович Зауервейд; 1836–1866) was a painter from the Russian Empire; son of Alexander Sauerweid[1]

Nikolay Sauerweid studied in the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. In 1857, he received a silver medal for his paintings Frenchmen storm Swartz reduit and Cossacks kidnap a French sentry in moonlight night about the Napoleonic Wars. In 1859 he graduated with a Small Gold Medal. His graduate work was Peter I stops his maraudering soldiers after taking Narva in 1704.[1]

In 1860 Sauerweid received the title of Academician of Battle Art for his painting Prince Repnin enters Riga after the fall of the city in July 4, 1700. The artist became interesting in Genre works painting The Modest Moving from an apartment. He also painted many watercolor illustrations to the novel Prince Serebryany by A. K. Tolstoy.[1]

In 1866 at the age of 30 Nikolay Sauerweid died.

Notes and References

  1. A. Yu Astakhov 1000 Russian Artists . article available online as http://lj.rossia.org/users/john_petrov/1013831.html