Peter the Great’s Naval Campaigns Series (1860–1877) of Alexey Bogolyubov: The Evolution of Artistic Language
Journal: Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts
Year: 2021

This article focuses on the history of a series of paintings by Alexey Bogolyubov which was devoted to Peter the Great’s naval campaigns and created between 1860 and 1877 at the commission of Alexander II. Bogolyubov’s series of naval battle scenes has not been studied individually before. Dispersed across various public and private collections, the paintings have lost their role as a pictorial ensemble. Besides, the fate of three of the eight paintings remains unknown, and they can only be judg