Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (born 1806)

Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov

Russian painter

Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries. He was born and died in St. Petersburg. He has been called the master of one work, for it took 20 years to complete his…