Biography Grigory_Gagarin

1 biography

1.1 noble youth
1.2 caucasian war
1.3 imperial academy of arts

biography
noble youth

young grigory gagarin

grigory gagarin born in saint petersburg noble rurikid princely gagarin family. father, prince grigory ivanovich gagarin (saint petersburg, 17 march 1782 - tegernsee, 12 february 1837), russian diplomat in france , later ambassador italy. father married in saint petersburg in 1809 mother yekaterina petrovna sojmonova (saint petersburg, 23 may 1790 - moscow, 27 february 1873). until age 13 boy family in paris , rome , studied in collegium tolomei in siena. grigory did not receive formal artistic education, took private lessons famous russian painter karl briullov @ time lived in italy.

in 1832 returned saint petersburg, became acquainted alexander pushkin , illustrated works queen of spades , tale of tsar saltan. became close opposition circle of sixteen , mikhail lermontov.

he worked russian diplomat in paris, rome , constantinople; stayed 2 years in munich. in 1839, after return russia, – russian writer vladimir sollogub – travelled saint petersburg kazan. sollogub wrote novel tarantas journey, , gagarin illustrated it.

caucasian war

baptism of christ

gagarin continued friendship lermontov. in 1840 followed exiled lermontov caucasus in tengin regiment in caucasian war. according d.a. stolypin, lived in same tent.

they took part in operations against gortsy, native people inhabiting mountains of causasus, continued creative work. there known few works of art labeled lermontoff delineavit, gagarin pinxit (lermontov drew, gagarin painted). in 1841 lermontov killed on duel, gagarin continued military service.

in 1842 took part in general chernyshyov expedition in daghestan , served dragoons until 1848. received few orders bravery , military ranges of rittmeister , colonel.

gagarin married twice. first wife anya nikolaievna dolgorukova (1823–1845), whom had daughter, princess yekaterina grigoryevna gagarina (1844–1920). on 29 august 1848 married sofiya andreievna dashkova (7 july 1822 - 20 december 1908), daughter of andrei vasiliyevich dashkov , niece of dmitri vasiliyevich dashkov, former minister of justice.

in 1848-1855 lived in tiflis serving under mikhail semyonovich vorontsov. among military , administrative duties, gagarin did lot of works city. built theater there, frescoed tbilisi sioni cathedral, , restored frescoes of old georgian cathedrals, including betania monastery. time born first children second marriage: prince grigory in 1850; princess mariya (tiflis, 14 june 1851 - cannes, 2 august 1941), marriage mikhail nikolaievich raievsky (1841–1893) had beside 7 other children irina mikhailovna raievskaya, morganatic wife of george, duke of mecklenburg; , princess anastasia in 1853.

imperial academy of arts

in 1855 grigory moved saint petersburg work under grand duchess maria nikolayevna, duchess of leuchtenberg, president of imperial academy of arts. here born 2 other children: prince andrei in 1856; , prince alexander in 1858.

in 1858 gagarin received military rank of major general. in 1859 became vice president of imperial academy of arts, , remained there until 1872. last daughter, princess nina, born in 1861.

some sources list him president of academy, considering grand duchess formal head of institution. vice president of academy gagarin supported byzantine style (russian revival). built museum of christian art @ academy. gagarin continued support lermontov s poetry, staging lermontov s demon in royal hermitage theatre (1856).

gagarin died in châtellerault, france in 1893.