Ballet Master

Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy

Count, Russian artist (1783-1873)

Born 1783 · Saint PetersburgDied 1873Russian Empire
Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy
Image: Sergey Zaryanko · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy was a Russian ballet master, born in 1783 in Saint Petersburg, who died in 1873.

Biography

Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy (Russian: Фёдор Петро́вич Толстой; 21 February 1783 – 25 April 1873) was a Russian artist who served as Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years (1828–1868). His works – wax-reliefs, watercolours, medallions, and silhouettes – are distinguished by a cool detachment and spare and economical classicism.

From the Wikipedia article “Fyodor Tolstoy (artist)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Facts from Wikidata (Q742253), CC0.