Klodt Mikhail

Russian landscape painter Mikhail Konstantinovich Klodt (1833-1902) was born into an aristocratic family. His father, Konstantin Karlovich Klodt, an artillery general, was fond of wood engraving, and his uncle, Pyotr Karlovich Klodt, was one of the best sculptors of the time.
The young man began to study drawing in the Mountain Cadet Corps with Ivan Trofimovich Khrutsky, who revealed the artist’s talent in it.
In 1851, Klodt entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, which he graduated in 1858. During his studies, he was awarded a second-degree gold medal for the painting “View on the Valaam Island” and a first-degree gold medal for the painting “View on the Zazezal Estate near Riga”.
After graduating from the Academy, the artist receives the right to travel to Europe as a pensioner for a period of three years. However, a year later, Klodt asked for permission to return and, with official permission from the Academy, returned to Russia in January 1861. In the same year, having received the title of academician for the paintings “Night View in Normandy” and “View in the Valley of the Aa River,” written on the basis of foreign impressions, he went on a trip to Russia.
In 1870, Klodt became a founding member of the Traveling Exhibition Partnership.
At the first exhibition of the Peredvizhnikov, which opened in St. Petersburg in November 1871, two works by the painter were exhibited.
From 1873 to 1886, Klodt worked as a professor at the Academy of Arts.
In 1879, due to a conflict with A.I. Kuindzhi, Mikhail Konstantinovich Klodt left the Association of Wanderers.
In the late 1880s, the artist’s health began to deteriorate. There were problems with vision, there were signs of a mental disorder, and in 1894, Klodt was fired from the Academy of Fine Arts.
Died Mikhail Konstantinovich Klodt May 16, 1902
In June 2008, at the Sotheby’s auction, a painting by Michael Konstantinovich Klodt “Cattle watering” was sold for 241,250 British pounds