Ivan Alekseyevich Vladimirov, also John Wladimiroff (; , Vilna – 14 December 1947) was a Russian artist, painter and graphic artist. During the wars of 1904–1916, he became known as a war artist ("batalist"). Afterwards, his reputation has become controversial. In the Soviet Union, he was known for paintings that glorified the October Revolution."Владимиров Иван Алексеевич", in: Great Soviet Encyclopedia However, in the West and in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he has become known for harshly critical imagery of the aftermath of the Revolution."The Double Vision of Battle Artist Ivan A. Vladimirov", Russian print version: Окаянные годы : революция в Россииглазами художника Ивана Владимирова, London : Ruzhnikov Publishing, Vicenza, Italy : Artveneto 2019Свидетель истории. Художник Иван ВладимировPeter Harrington, "Views of War and Revolution in Russia"Natalya Batorevich, Всю жизнь я служил России... Жизнь и творчество И. А. Владимирова, Sankt-Petersburg, 2013, , a detailed biography by Vladimirov's granddaughterAnatoli Roshchin, Иван Алексеевич Владимиров. Жизнь и творчество. 1869 – 1947., Leningrad, 1970Иван Владимиров
The two sides of the Revolution
Biography Ivan Vladimirov was born in Vilnius to Russian intellectual Aleksei Porfirievich Vladimirov, a priest, and a British mother, Catherine Waghorn, a watercolor artist. In non-Russian documents, the family spelled their name as Wladimiroff and the artist spelled his name in English as John Wladimiroff.
He is interred in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery, St. Petersburg.
Awards and decorations 1946: Honoured Worker of the Arts Industry of the RSFSR 1945: Order of the Red Banner of Labour, for the "fruitful activity in the field of Soviet art" Various medals 1897: " of the first degree" title for the painting "Бой адыгейцев на реке Малке" ("The Battle of Circassians by Malka River") 1890s: Awards for battle scenes
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