Pavel Dmitrievitsch Schipov (1860-1919) - Soldatenportrait Russisches Imperium

Portrait of a Soldier of the Russian Guards Infantry Division

Antique museum mixed-media painting
from the Russian Empire painter Pavel Dmitrievich Schipov
signed and dated 1916

Pavel Schipov painted portraits and paintings for the family
of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II. One of them is the famous image:
Tsesarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich (1868–1918) at maneuvers
near the village Bolshaya Verdada, 1893.
The painting is located in the Moscow State Historical Museum.
Many of Schipov's paintings were housed in Tsarskoye Selo at the headquarters
and in the house of Tsar Nicholas II. (see Last Image).

Pavel Dmitrievich Schipov (9 October 1860–23 July 1919) - lieutenant general, a Russian artist, master of the military portrait. Member of World War I. Married, 2 daughters (as of 1 November 1907). Executed by the Bolsheviks (according to other sources shot in 1923). Orthodox. Noble from the Kostroma Province. He received his education in 1883 in the Page Corps (1st category, in the Preobrazhensky Guard Regiment). Warrant officer (12.08.1883), Second Lieutenant (12.08.1884), Lieutenant (12.08.1887), Captain (31.08.1894), Captain (06.12.1899), in the direction 31.08.1894), Lieutenant Colonel (12.12.1899), Colonel with distinction 17.08.1904 (1905), Adjutant (1908), General-major (6.05.1913), Generalleutnant (23.04.1915). Commandant of the 7th? and the 6th? regiments, commander of the 22nd East Siberian Rifle Regiment and later the 11th East Siberian Rifle Regiment. Member of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. Commandant of the 21st East Siberian Rifle Regiment (03.09.1909) in the retinue (02.10.1909). Member of World War I. Commandant of the 1st Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division (10.12.12.12.1914). Leader of the 74th Infantry Division (12.02.1214–29.05.1917), in reserve ranks at the Kyiv Military District HQ (05/29/1917–?). He was awarded the Order of St. Anna 3rd Class (with swords and bow), the Order of St. George 4th Class, the Order of St. Stanislaus 1st Class (with swords), the Order of St. Vladimir 4th Class (with swords and bow), the Order of St. Anna 1st Class (with swords) as well as the Gold Sword for Bravery.

He studied at the Academy of Arts. He painted portraits of soldiers and observed them both in battles and in peacetime. He made pencil sketches and watercolor portraits.
One of the main representatives of the Russian military portrait.

Signature: П. Шипов 1916 (P. Schipov 1916)
Charcoal drawing on cardboard (graphite, watercolor, gouache) under glass with the original wooden frame.
Dimensions with frame: 35×44 cm. Drawing without frame: 18×23 cm
Condition: Used, good condition - with small signs of aging
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