L’últim dia de Pompeia
The Last Day of Pompeii c1833 by Russian Painter Karl Bryullov (1799 – 1852 – born Charles Bruleau); a portraitist, genre and historical artist, is regarded as a key figure in the transition from Russian Neoclassicism to Romanticism.
This powerful work by Bryullov depicts the inhabitants of Pompeii (Founded sometime between 6th & 7th Century B.C.), as they bear witness to the horror of the destruction of their city during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (79 A.D.).
With rocks, ash and lava descending upon them; homes, dones, nens i animals intenten fer pujar el destrucció de la seva ciutat, en el que hi haurà, els seus darrers moments de la vida.
Es tracta d’una reproducció de vells mestres d’art digital retocada d’una imatge de domini públic.
Informació a continuació derivada de Wikipedia.org
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov que va néixer Charles Bruleau (1799 – 1852), i qui es diu també es transliterà a Briullov i Briuloff; els seus amics l’anomenaven Karl el Gran, i es considera una figura clau en la transició del període neoclàssic rus al període romàntic.
Karl va néixer a Pavel Ivanovich Briullo (Brulleau, 1760 – 1833), un acadèmic, tallador de fusta, i gravador que era hugonot (a religious group of French Prostestants) descent.
Though Karl Bryullov was educated at the Russian Imperial Academy of Arts from 1809 a 1821, he never truly embraced the classical style which was taught by his mentors and which was also promoted by his older brother Alexander Bryullov (1798 – 1877).
After finishing his studies at the academy, where he had distinguished himself as an imaginative and distinguished student he left Russia for Rome, since from his early years he felt drawn to Italy.
He worked in Rome as a portraitist and genre painter until 1835; but his fame as an artist began when he started doing historical paintings; one of his best known works is The Last Day Of Pompeii 1830 – 1833; a massive engrossing composition.
Russian poet, playwright and novelist Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 – 1837) i el novel·lista rus Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809 – 1842) va comparar aquesta peça amb les millors obres del pintor flamenc Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640) i el pintor holandès Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641), que va ser alumne de Rubens.
The Last Day Of Pompeii va crear sensació a Itàlia i va establir a Bryullov com un dels millors pintors europeus del seu temps.