Self-portrait, 1910

Ivan Vladimirov, also John Wladimiroff (Russian: Владимиров, Иван Алексеевич) (December 29, 1869 (Gregorian calendar: January 10, 1870) - December 14, 1947) was a Russian artist: painter and graphic artist. During the wars of 1904-1916, he became known as a war artist ("batalist").[1][2] Afterwards, his image has become controversial. In the Soviet Union, he was known for paintings that glorified the October Revolution.[2] 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.[3][4][1][5][6][7]

The two sides of the Revolution

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.[3]

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

Awards and decorations

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peter Harrington, "Views of War and Revolution in Russia"
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Владимиров Иван Алексеевич", in: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  3. 1 2 "The Double Vision of Battle Artist Ivan A. Vladimirov", Russian print version: Окаянные годы : революция в Россииглазами художника Ивана Владимирова, London : Ruzhnikov Publishing, Vicenza, Italy : Artveneto 2019
  4. ↑ Свидетель истории. Художник Иван Владимиров
  5. ↑ Natalya Batorevich, Всю жизнь я служил России... Жизнь и творчество И. А. Владимирова, Sankt-Petersburg, 2013, ISBN 978-5-86007-724-9, a detailed biography by Vladimirov's granddaughter
  6. 1 2 Anatoli Roshchin, Иван Алексеевич Владимиров. Жизнь и творчество. 1869 – 1947., Leningrad, 1970
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Иван Владимиров


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