Vasily Mate
{{Short description|Russian artist (1856–1917)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| image = Kustodiyev Mate.JPG
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1902
| birth_name = Wilhelm Johann Mathé
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1856|02|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Verzhbolovo, Augustów Governorate, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|04|09|1856|02|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Petrograd, Russian Republic
| resting_place= Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
| field = Etching and wood engraving
| education = {{hlist|{{Ill|Lavrentiy Seryakov|lt=Lavrentiy Seryakov|ru|Серяков, Лаврентий Авксентьевич}}|Fyodor Iordan}}
| alma_mater = Imperial Academy of Arts
| awards =
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Vasily Vasilyevich Mate or Mathé ({{langx|ru|Василий Васильевич Матэ}}; {{OldStyleDate|6 March|1856|23 February}}{{Snd}}{{OldStyleDate|22 April|1917|9 April}}) was a Russian etcher and wood engraver of German descent.{{Cite book |date=31 October 2011 |chapter=Mate, Vassili Vasilievich |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00118599 |access-date=10 February 2024 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00118599 |isbn=978-0-19-977378-7 |title=Benezit Dictionary of Artists }} In contrast to other Russian artisans of the era which prioritized poetry,{{dubious |Nonsensical. What does visual art/artisanship have to do with poetry? The "era" prioritised? Does it mean visual arts were not met with interest, really? Mistranslation, or just too short to transport meaningful idea? Unsourced, too. |date= February 2025}} he was a skilled engraver and was one of the major engravers in Russia during the late 19th century. He collaborated with major Russian painters and produced engravings of their paintings, thus helping popularize Russian art.
Selected gallery
Granovskiy Timofey Nikolaevich.jpg|Timofey Granovsky
Serov Alexandr Nikolaevich.jpg|Alexander Serov
Mate tretyakov by repin ofort.jpg|Pavel Tretyakov
Pushkin (by Mate).jpg|Alexander Pushkin
Vasiliy Nazarovich Karazin.jpg|Vasily Karazin
V. Mate. Portrait of Dmitry Rovinsky.jpg|Dmitry Rovinsky
Nikolai Gogol2.jpg|Nikolai Gogol
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |last=Fyodorova |first=Valentina I. |title=В. В. Матэ и его ученики |date=1982 |publisher=Khudozhnik RSFSR |location=Leningrad |language=ru |oclc=11160999}}
- {{Cite book |last=Kornilov |first=Pyotr Y. |author-link=:ru:Корнилов, Пётр Евгеньевич |title=Гравер Василий Васильевич Матэ (1856–1917 гг.) |date=1927 |location=Kazan |language=ru |oclc=499691506}}
- {{Cite book |last=Lazarevsky |first=Ivan I. |title=Русское искусство: очерки о жизни и творчестве художников. Вторая половина девятнадцатого века |publisher=Iskusstvo |year=1971 |editor-last=Leonov |editor-first=Alexei I. |volume=2 |location=Moscow |pages=483–496 |language=ru |chapter=Василий Васильевич Мате |oclc=71538004}}
- {{Cite book |last=Voinov |first=Vsevolod V. |author-link=:ru:Воинов, Всеволод Владимирович |title=В. В. Матэ |date=1927 |publisher=Russian Museum |location=Leningrad |language=ru |oclc=795645558}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Vasily Vasilyevich Mate}}
- [https://rah.ru/the_academy_today/the_members_of_the_academie/member.php?ID=53028 Vasily Mate] at the Russian Academy of Arts' official website {{in lang|ru}}
- {{Cite magazine |last=Zelikman |first=Mikhail I. |date=2012 |title=Гравер В. В. Матэ на офортах Валентина Серова |url=https://nasledie-rus.ru/podshivka/10421.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129101246/http://www.nasledie-rus.ru/podshivka/10421.php|archive-date=January 29, 2013 |access-date=September 22, 2024|magazine=Nashe Naslediye|language=ru |publisher=Nashe Naslediye |location=Moscow |pages=190–192 |issue=104 |issn=0234-1395}}
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Category:19th-century engravers
Category:20th-century engravers
Category:Engravers from the Russian Empire
Category:Imperial Academy of Arts alumni
Category:Full Members of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Category:Artists from Saint Petersburg
Category:Burials at Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery
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