Biography Pischalkina Andrei Andreyevich
Pischalkin Andrei Andreyevich (1817 – 1892) – engraver on copper, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under the guidance of Professor N. Utkin, and received in 1836 a small gold medal for the print from the painting by C. Dolci, praying Virgin, was released from the Academy with the rank neklassnogo artist. In 1839, for an engraving of Raphael's Madonna with the Beardless Joseph (located in the Imperial. Hermitage) was awarded a large gold medal and soon after went to Rome as a pensioner of the Academy. He stayed in that city until 1864, engaged in the execution of a large engraving of the "capture of the Virgin into heaven" with the altarpiece of K. Bryullova in the Kazan Cathedral and undertaking other work, but throwing them at the outset. Last shed a print with Bryullova Academy awarded him in 1855, an academician, and in 1862, for the same product, recognized professor. On his return to St. Petersburg. Artist that betrayed a young brilliant and would do great masters, it is dropped, did not touch more to the tool and the copper plates and existed until the end of his life solely a modest pension, granted him a sovereign. The best of the very few works of P. remained above print with Raphael, bear comparison with the most successful works of the primary Russian engravers. LS-in.