Карл Павлович Брюллов (1799 52)

Karl Bryullov: A collection of 164 paintings (HD) Description: Karl Brullov was born on December 12, 1799 in Petersburg, into the family of a teacher of the Imperial Academy of Arts. At the age of ten he already entered the Academy of Arts. The painting Narcissus created by Brullov in 1819 attracted attention of his contemporaries. His graduation work The Appearance of Three Angels to Abraham by the Oak of Mare gained him not only the 1st degree certificate of the Academy of Arts, but also a large gold medal. In 1822 with his brother Alexander, subsequently a wellknown architect, Karl Brullov went to Italy where he worked for nearly fourteen years. It was the most fruitful period of his creativity: genre compositions, portraits and the masterpiece The Last Day of Pompeii won the artist allEuropean popularity. In 1836 Karl Brullov came back to Russia and took the professors post in the Academy of Arts. In Petersburg the artist created a unique gallery of portraits of his co