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Also known as Karl Briullov, Carlo Brulleau, Carlo Brullo, K. P. Bryullóv, Briullov, Karl Brülloff, Karl Brulloff, Karl Pavlovich Brulloff

Russian painter (1799-1852)

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Karl Bryullov was a Russian painter, architect, and graphic artist born in Saint Petersburg in 1799. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts and worked within the Romanticism movement, specializing in portrait and history painting. His notable work is The Last Day of Pompeii. He held the civil rank of Collegiate Councillor and was a member of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.

Bryullov died in Manziana in 1852 and is buried at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. His works are held in the collections of the Finnish National Gallery, Kunsthalle Kiel, Russian Museum, and Tretyakov Gallery. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Russian Biographical Dictionary.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Karl
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg
Place of death
Manziana
Occupation
graphic artist
Languages spoken
Russian
Field of work
painting
Movement
Romanticism
Image
Brjullov.jpg
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Karl Bryullov
date of birth
1799-12-12
date of death
1852-06-11
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topic's main category
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name in native language
Карл Павлович Брюллов
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Karl Bryullov, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (né Brüllo ; Russian: Карл Па́влович Брюлло́в; 23 December [O.S. 12 December] 1799 – 23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1852) was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Romantic period, remembered among the greatest visual artists in the history of Russian art.

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