Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg as Baltic German–Russian sculptor (1805-1867).
Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg was born at Saint Petersburg in 1805. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Mikhailovsky Artillery School and Imperial Academy of Arts.
The nineteenth century broke the academy's authority: independent exhibitions, dealers and the beginnings of modernism.
He worked as sculptor, painter and visual artist.
A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
Recognition followed: Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of Saint Anna, 1st class and Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class.
That the work was made in Russia shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg died in 1867, aged 62. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
- Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
