Otto Friedrich Theodor von Möller, russified as Fyodor Antonovich Moller (Russian: Фёдор Антонович Моллер; 30 May 1812 – 2 August 1874) was a Russian Academic painter of Baltic-German ancestry.
Born in Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg, he was the son of Anton Berend Otto von Moller [ru], also known as Anton Vasilievich Moller, a naval officer who later became Secretary of the Navy (1828–1836).[1] At the age of five, he was enrolled at the cadet school, where he remained until he was 14, then served in the Semyonovsky Regiment. After being wounded in the Polish November Uprising, he took up drawing during his convalescence and decided to attend classes at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts.[2]
Once there, he became a favorite student of Karl Briullov.[1] He first exhibited in 1832 with a scene of the Battle of Ostrołęka. In 1835, he was awarded a gold medal for painting and resigned from the army. He received another gold medal in 1837.
After graduating in 1838, he went to Italy to complete his studies. He continued to send paintings home and, in 1840, was named "Academician" for his work "The Kiss".[1] While there, he also became a close friend of Nikolai Gogol and painted him several times, which portraits are among his best-known works.
After a brief stay in Russia in 1847, he returned to Rome, where he met Johann Friedrich Overbeck and the Nazarene movement. His work in that style, "Sermon of the Apostle John on the Island of Patmos", led to his becoming "Professor of Historical Painting" when he returned to Russia in 1856. That same year, he married Dorothea von Güldenstubbe, who was only sixteen.[2]
He was suddenly taken ill while working on the Crucifixion in the village of Võnnu (Wendau). He died of pneumonia at the family estate on the island of Saaremaa.[2]
Markina, Lyudmila A. (2002). Живописец Фёдор Моллер (in Russian). Moscow: Pamyatniki istoricheskoy mysli. ISBN5-88451-118-3. OCLC 51755818.
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"An artist with wonderful talent and comfortable means" by Lyudmila Markina, from the Tretyakov Gallery magazine.
Markina, Lyudmila A. (February 25, 2007). . Собрание Третьяковки (Interview) (in Russian). Interviewed by Xenia Basilashvili, Xenia Larina. Moscow: Echo of Moscow. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017.
Gogol's portrait @ Portraits of Russian Writers
January 01, 1970
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