Julius Klever (1850-1924) was a Russian artist of German origin, a painter, a tutor, master of the parlor-academic genre, an Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1878).
In 1867, on having graduated from the Dorpat Gymnasium, he studied in the landscape class with S. Vorobyov, and later on - with M. Klodt. He was awarded Small and Grand Silver Medals from the Academy of Arts (1870).
The painter's career developed successfully, he early gained wide fame. In 1874, six years after entering the landscape painting class, Julius Klever arranged his first one-man art show, two years later his painting Birch Forest was purchased by Emperor Alexander II. After that, the newcomer painter, who had not finished the academic course, was awarded the title of class artist of the first degree. Julius Klever often traveled with exhibitions about Europe, and his paintings were purchased by wealthy entrepreneurs, public officials and large private art galleries in Russia.
The most famous of his paintings are Winter Sunset, Winter Evening, Evening, Autumn in the Park, Sunset, and Forest Landscape.
The postage stamp provides an image of the Winter Sunset painting by Julius Klever (1891, Kaluga Fine Arts Museum); the margins of the souvenir sheet feature the artist’s portrait against the background of his art studio (a fragment of a painting by L. Alperovich, 1907, National Art Museum, Republic of Belarus).
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Format of the block |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + bronzed paste + partial varnishing + security system |
Frame 12:11¾ |
50 × 37 mm |
118 × 83 mm |
15 thousand blocks |