Vasily Mate

Vasily Vasilyevich Mate or Mathé (Russian: Василий Васильевич Матэ; 6 March [O.S. 23 February] 1856 – 22 April [O.S. 9 April] 1917) was a Russian etcher and wood engraver of German descent. In contrast to other Russian artisans of the era which prioritized poetry, 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.

Vasily Mate
Portrait by Boris Kustodiev, 1902
Born	Wilhelm Johann Mathé (1856-02-23)23 February 1856 Verzhbolovo, Augustów Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	9 April 1917(1917-04-09) (aged 61) Petrograd, Russian Republic
Resting place	Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Education	Lavrentiy Seryakov Fyodor Iordan
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts

Selected gallery

• 
  Timofey Granovsky
• 
  Alexander Serov
• 
  Pavel Tretyakov
• 
  Alexander Pushkin
• 
  Vasily Karazin
• 
  Dmitry Rovinsky
• 
  Nikolai Gogol

Further reading

• Fyodorova, Valentina I. (1982). В. В. Матэ и его ученики (in Russian). Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR. OCLC 11160999.
• Kornilov, Pyotr Y. [in Russian] (1927). Гравер Василий Васильевич Матэ (1856–1917 гг.) (in Russian). Kazan. OCLC 499691506.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Lazarevsky, Ivan I. (1971). "Василий Васильевич Мате". In Leonov, Alexei I. (ed.). Русское искусство: очерки о жизни и творчестве художников. Вторая половина девятнадцатого века (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Iskusstvo. pp. 483–496. OCLC 71538004.
• Voinov, Vsevolod V. [in Russian] (1927). В. В. Матэ (in Russian). Leningrad: Russian Museum. OCLC 795645558.

External links

• Media related to Vasily Vasilyevich Mate at Wikimedia Commons
• Vasily Mate at the Russian Academy of Arts' official website (in Russian)
• Zelikman, Mikhail I. (2012). "Гравер В. В. Матэ на офортах Валентина Серова". Nashe Naslediye (in Russian). No. 104. Moscow: Nashe Naslediye. pp. 190–192. ISSN 0234-1395. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2024.