Ivan Smirnov (1783-1825)

Perhaps it is not surprising the fact of the history of Russian art, that to have survived a lot of works of art made by unknown Russian masters. There are many reasons, among them the peculiarities of our secular art, and turbulent periods in the history of the fatherland. The museums and art galleries we can also witness a large number of pictures, the authorship of which is set fairly, although neither the life of the author, or his way to art unknown.

Came to us with a few portraits and Ivan Smirnovsky. Apparently, he was no relation to training at the Academy of Fine Arts had: his name is not listed in the integrity of the study, SN Kondakova "List of Russian artists to the Anniversary Book of the Imperial Academy of Arts." And so we can assume that Ivan Smirnovsky was one of those endowed with the gift of beauty nuggets that have worked in the days of the great Russian portrait painters. And worked with great skill and talent.