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Ivan Vladimirov, also John Wladimiroff ( Russian: Владимиров, Иван Алексеевич) (10 January 1870 [ O.S. 29 December 1869] – 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"). [1] [2] Afterwards, his reputation has become controversial. In the Soviet Union, he was known for paintings that glorified the October Revolution. [2] 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. [3] [4] [1] [5] [6] [7]
Ivan Vladimirov was born in Vilnius to Russian intellectual Aleksei Porfirievich Vladimirov, a priest, [7] 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. [3]
He is interred in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery, St. Petersburg. [7]