Count Ants and Komissarzhevskaya
 

Ants Count Vladimir Leonidovich (1861 - 1940) - fashionable in the early 20 century in St. Petersburg landscape painter, is perhaps the only Russian artist who has made poetry Russian hunting and bring it to the attention of the general public. Volnoprihodyaschy of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1881 Studied at MK Klodt and YY Clever. As a member of the St. Petersburg Society of Artists and the Society of Russian watercolors. He actively participated in academic exhibitions, his works were published in many pre-revolutionary periodicals. Solo exhibition held in 1893 In 1922 he worked in the Drama Theater .. His work is always signed with titulature - Count Ants. Husband of the great Russian actress Komissarzhevskaya. After her divorce from her left St. Petersburg. The revolutionary events of 1917 found him in Rostov-on-Don, where he sank, addicted to alcohol, lived in dirty, dark little room, getting their bread by copying his earlier works and drawing cards. Participated in city exhibitions (1928, 1938). Since 1922 he worked in the Drama Theater. He lived a long life and even in the 30-ies sell their fine work sold at fire-sale prices in Rostov market.

"Vera Feodorovna Komissarzhevskaya, the greatest actresses of the early twentieth century, called" gull Russian stage "and" sun of Russia ". Crowd that was ready to wear your favorite actress in her arms, she was sure - Komissarzhevskaya so brilliant that perevoploschayas in the image created by the author, begins to literally live on stage. And only a few knew that this was not the only reincarnation - Komissarzhevskaya on stage again and again going through its own drama, reshaping their lives in the high art of tragedy.

Faith, initially, did not want to become an actress: she needed to have a house, a loving man who wanted children ... Pretty Vera, whose eyes were huge passion and unspoken longing for men to enjoy great success. Finally, among several candidates, nineteen Vera opted for the most brilliant candidate. Count Vladimir Murav'ev was handsome, charming and talented - he was a good landscape painters, and then studied at the Academy of Arts. In 1883, played a wedding. Vera adored her husband - she, with her characteristic passion and gave herself up entirely of married life, giving all the time and energy for the resettlement of the family nest. But luck, as so often happens, turned out to be fragile.

Previously I did not know anywhere else about this episode in his life did not read, would be remembered.

After reading began to search the internet about it Join as well as his work, somehow I came across his work only until 1917, after he did not write?? Maybe someone is his later work, very much like to see the further development of painting Graf W. Muravev ))))))