Even if the name Gagarin spontaneously makes you think of the first man in space, this is no less famous artist Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin. He was born in 1810 as the illegitimate son of Prince Grigory Ivanovič Gagarin. The latter had a passionate romance with Maria Antonovna Naryškina, a mistress of Emperor Napoleon. This earned him and his family an exile abroad. As a result, Grigory grew up in Rome, Paris, and later Munich. This was fortunate for him as his father, himself very artistically inclined, patronized young Russian painters in Rome who were sent from Russia to Italy for training. His father knew of his son's talents and introduced him to the world-famous painters Orest Kriprensky and Karl Brjullov, who gave him private lessons in Siena. Bryullov gained international recognition for his portraits, watercolours and monumental works. Gagarin spent his school years at the Collegium Tolomei in Siena, a Jesuit-run seminary that catered to the education of offspring from noble families.
When the young Prince Grigory returned to Petersburg in 1832, he met the poet and writer Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin was so delighted with Grigory's work that he had him illustrate his story "Queen of Spades" and the "Tale of Tsar Saltan". His close friendship with Mikhail Lermontov, a Russian poet and the most important representative of Romanticism, led him to follow him to the Caucasian War. From this it can be seen that Gagarin not only lived for his art but, no doubt because it was also customary in aristocratic circles, did military service. However, despite the turmoil of war, which often appears as visually powerful scenes in Gagarin's works, he and Lermontov continued their artistic work during the war. A number of artworks entitled "Lermontov Drawn, Gagarin Painted" date from the period. The most famous work resulting from the collaboration is "The Battle of Valerik", which survives to this day.
Gagarin worked not only with brushes, but also with a pencil and proved to be an extremely talented graphic artist. His paintings, which he brought back from the Caucasus, showed his view, as artistic as it was gentle, of this region, which for him was so much more than a gloomy war zone. His skilful alternation between delicately coloured litographs and watercolours and intensely coloured oil paintings delighted the art world. During his military service he moved to Tbilisi, where he gave free rein to his artistic creativity. He created frescoes in the Sioni Cathedral, restored frescoes in various churches and built a theatre. Gagarin was married twice. With Princess Ekaterina Grigorievna Gagarina he had a daughter. His second marriage to Sofia Andreyevna Dashkova produced a total of nine children. Gagarin spent the rest of his life in France. There he lived in Châtellerault, in the house his father bought during his time as ambassador. Gagarin died in 1893.
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 published by Alfred Leon Lemercier Paris 1847 - (MeisterDrucke-180490).jpg "The Sevang or Cockcha Lake, Transcaucasia, plate 23 from a book on the Caucasus by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Landing of a Military Leader at Redout-Kale, on the Black Sea, Plate 5 from a Book on the Caucasus, Engraved by Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Terek Cossack with Daughter From: Scenes, Paysages, Meurs et Costumes du Caucase by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Skirmish of Persians and Kurds in Armenia, plate 13 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Dancing Party at Kagha-Choura, Dagestan, plate 55 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Celestin Francois Nanteuil (1813-73) published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Rest Room beside the Baths at Shemakha by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Portrait of Countess Catherine von Tiesenhausen 1803-1888, 1830s by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Images from the Georgian Goudiar, plate 45 from")
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.jpg "Garden Near Tiflis, Georgia by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Funeral Ceremony in the Ruins at Akhaltchi, Dagestan, plate 70 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Eugene Le Roux published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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 published by Alfred Leon Lemercier Paris 1847 - (MeisterDrucke-180837).jpg "Caravan of Armenian Merchants, Transcaucasia, plate 33 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Fortune Ferogio, published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Tcherkersseians on a Raid near the Black Sea, plate 4, from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Eugene Ciceri and Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, published by Alfred Leon Lemercier by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The War in Crimea by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Summer Camp of the Regiment of Nizhegorodsky Dragoons near Karagach by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Woman of Shamakhy (From: Scenes, paysages, meurs et costumes du Caucase) by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Circassian Chiefs and Russian Officers by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Portrait of Count Ksawery Korczak-Branicki by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Costumes of Baku, Caspian Coast, plate 35 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Jules Didier, published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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_Scene_orientaliste_avec_des_danseuses_de_Shamakha_-_(MeisterDrucke-1324833).jpg "In the Room by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Terraces of Tiflis, Georgia, plate 34 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Laurens, published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Prince Kazbek of Ossetia From: Scenes, paysages, meurs et costumes du Caucase by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Meeting of General Kluke von Klugenau and Imam Shamil in 1837 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "A Kabardin Man from: Scenes, Paysages, Meurs et Costumes du Caucase by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Caucasian Traditional Dress, 1840s by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1133039).jpg "Russian soldiers during the Caucasian wars of 1817-64 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Square of the Bazaar, Tiflis by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Portrait of Countess Dolly de Ficquelmont by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Maria Maiko Orbeliani by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Grape Harvesting by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Prince of Megrelia From: Scenes, Paysages, Meurs et Costumes du Caucase, 1840 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Arriving at Tsatanykh, Dagestan, Plate 12 from a Book on the Caucasus, Engraved by Jules Didier, Published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Cossacks")
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.jpg "The Ball in the House of Princess Maria Baryatinskaya by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Karl Bryullov, Vladimir Kornilov and Count Grigori Gagarin Aboard the Brig Themistocles by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Scene from the Opera A Life for the Tsar Ivan Susanin by M. Glinka, End 1830s by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Prince of Imereti from Scenes, Landscapes, Customs and Costumes of the Caucasus, 1840 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Sharia Lecture at Khosrakh, Dagestan by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Our Enemies, the Cossacks by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Count Sergey Vasilyevich Dolgorukov at the Lars Station by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Portrait of Countess Marta Sologashvili, Princess Eristavi by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Murals of the Betania Monastery from Le Caucase Pittoresque, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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_Oeuvre_de_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318614).jpg "The funeral ceremony in Dagestan by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Frontispiece to novelette Tarantas The Tarantass by Vladimir Sollogub, 1845 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of the Sardar of Yerevan, Armenia, plate 17 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Charles Claude Bachelier and Celestin Francois Nanteuil, published by Alfred by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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_Aquarelle_de_Grigori_Gag_-_(MeisterDrucke-1317955).jpg "Coffee House in Smyrna by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Illustration to the Poem The Dream by M. Lermontov, Mid 19th Century by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Princess Baryatinskaya")
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.jpg "Azov Cossacks Boarding a Turkish Corsair Full of Cherkessk Women on the Coast of the Black Sea (engraved by Adolphe Bayot and Leon Sabatier) by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115712).jpg "Oriental Scene by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Portrait of Christophor Dmitrievich Sanikidze by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Rest Room near the Baths at Shemakha, on the Shirvanskaya Steppe, Plate 40 from a Book on the Caucasus, Engraved by Charles Claude Bachelier and Adolphe Bayot, Published by Alfred Leon Lemerci by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-977917).jpg "Caucasian Traditional Dress by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Shamakhi dancers by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Persian Mosque at Yerevan, Armenia, a Night During Ramadan, plate 19 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Eugene Le Roux published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Costumes of the 17th and 18th centuries, plate 56 from")
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.jpg "Soulak Pass at Akhati, Dagestan, Plate 61 from a Book on the Caucasus by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Emir by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Portrait of Nikolay Petrovich Kolyubakin by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Aul Chirkey, Dagestan by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Reunion of Tcherkesse Princes, Sodja Valley, on the Black Sea, plate 3 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Adolphe Mouilleron, published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Military Meal in the Ruins at Sioukh, Dagestan, Plate 69 from a Book on the Caucasus, Engraved by Celestin Francois Nanteuil, Published by Alfred Leon Lemercier by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "A Circassian From: Scenes, paysages, meurs et costumes du Caucase, 1840 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Ateseh-Gah, Indians Devoted to the Cult of Fire, Baku, plate 44 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Leroux, pub. by Alfred Leon Lemercier by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Palace of the Khan of Baku, Apsheron Peninsula, Plate 42 from a Book on the Caucasus, Engraved by Mouilleron, Bayalos and Charles Claude Bachelier, Published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "View of Tiflis, 1840s by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Kurdish and Tatar Warriors at Sadar Abbat, Armenia, plate 15 from a book on the Caucasus, Rayot and Jacottet, published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris, 1847 by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Outdoor Fete in Turkey by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "End of the Hunt, Mingrelia, plate 6 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Adolphe Mouilleron, published by Alfred Leon Lemercier, Paris by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "The Baptism of Christ by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Imereth: Frescoes from the Gelati Monastery, Plate 8 from")
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_en_bivouac_a_Karaagach_-_(MeisterDrucke-1313825).jpg "The Nijni-Novgorod Dragoon Regiment in Bivouac at Karaagach by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "View of Ghimri and Portrait of Hadji-Mourad, plate 66 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Jules Joseph Augustin Laurens and Eugene Ciceri by Adolphe Mouilleron by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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.jpg "Frescoes from the Orthodox Church of Nekrssi near Dido, plate 48 from")
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.jpg "Portrait of Count Alexander Illarionovich Vasilchikov by Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin")
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