Shebuev V.K. (1777-1855), artist

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SHEBUEV Vasily Kozmich (1777, Kronstadt - 1855, St. Petersburg, painter. He studied at the Academy of Arts (1782-97) under I.A. Akimov and G.I. Ugryumov. In 1803-07, he was a retainer of the Academy of Arts in Rome. On his return to St. Petersburg, he taught at the Academy of Arts, where he was appointed a professor in 1812 and Rector in 1832. Being one of the leading masters of late Classicism, he rendered religious and historical subjects in his works. These include the Icons of St. Vasily the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom painted for Kazan Cathedral (1811), frescoes for the Palace Church in Tsarskoe Selo (1820-21), St. Catherine Church in the building of the Academy of Arts (1836), Holy Trinity Cathedral (1837) and St. Isaac's Cathedral (1844-48), plafond painting Festival at Olympus for the conference hall of the Academy of Arts (1832), painting The Feat of Merchant Igolkin (1839, State Russian Museum) etc. He was buried at Smolenskoe Orthodox Cemetery.

References: Круглова В. А. В. К. Шебуев. Л., 1982.

O. L. Leikind, D.Y. Severyukhin. Akimov Ivan Akimovich
Shebuev Vasily Kozmich
Ugryumov Grigory Ivanovich
Круглова В. А. В. К. Шебуев. Л., 1982 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
Kazan Cathedral
St. Isaac's Cathedral
Russian Museum, State