HANZEN ALEKSEI VASILIEVICH  1876-1937

Alexey Vasilyevich Hanzen was born 31.01. (19.01) 1876 in Odessa) – and died 19.10.1937 in Dubrovnik (Croatia). The seascape painter, the professor, the collector, the artist of the Sea ministry of Russia, the court counsellor by seniority, the Honorary member of the children’s home trusteeship, one of three I.K.Ayvazovsky grandsons, who became painters, son of his second daughter Maria. He had following awards: St. Anna 3 class, St. Stanislav of 2 and 3 class, a light-bronze medal in memory of 300 anniversary of the Reign of Romanov’s House, the French decoration “Offizier d’Academie”, and also the award “Mention honorable” for the picture “Black Sea” (Paris, 1907). Hanzen graduated from the law department of Imperial university of Novorossiysk in Odessa. From 1900 to 1917 serves in the civil service in the Department of institutions of Empress Maria, and 1915 he passes to the service of the Sea ministry as the artist of the main naval staff of Russia and at the same time he doesn’t leave the civil service. A.Hanzen studied painting from K.Zaltzman, P. Meyergeym in Germany, then in Paris from E.Rober-Fleury and G.Lefevre. He graduated from the Berlin and Dresden Academies of fine arts. Hanzen was a member of the International Association of watercolorists, the Association of engraving, the Russian society of artists in Paris, the society “Association of Artists”. Hanzen was the participant of numerous exhibitions: TURH in Odessa and Spring exhibitions in Academy of Arts (1898-1904); big Berlin exhibition (1903); exhibitions in Venice, Florence (1904-1907); exhibitions in the gallery “International Art Galleri” (1910), in Lemercier’s (1913) gallery, art exhibitions of the society of russian watercolorists; the art exhibition “War”, and since 1920, being in emigration and living in Dubrovnik, he is exhibits in Zagreb, Rome, Prague, Osijek, Subotica, Belgrad, Buenos Aires (twice), Rio de Janeiro, Bucharest. A.V.Hanzen had personal exhibitions in Paris (1908, 1929). He painted pictures on Russian-Japanese war (1904-1905); illustrated events of World War I (1914-1917) and the album “Russian Imperial Fleet” (St.Petersburg), the book of rear admiral Bubnov A.D. “History of naval art” (1933, Zagreb). Alexey Hanzen was published in the magazines “New Time”, “War Chronicle”, “Spark”, “Field”, “Sun of Russia”. Since 1910 for the purpose of opening an art gallery in Odessa, like the gallery of his grandfather I.K.Ayvazovsky, he purchased pictures of Russian and European artists. The collection numbered nearly 400 canvas among which there were Ayvazovsky, Rembrandt, Menier, Mayer, Eberle, Rafalt, Roerich, Burdanov, Brodsky works, Dobuzhinsky, Vrubel, etc. A.V.Hanzen emigrated from Russia in January, 1920 and till his death he lived in the country house in Dubrovnik. He was married for the first time to the widow Muruzi Olympiada Vladimirovna.           (From Irena Kazatskaya)                                                         ←Return to Lattry Family.

“Cousin Alexis was having a small house with a studio built on the proceeds of his picture exhibitions in Zagreb.      King Alexander of Yugoslavia bought many of his marine paintings and asked him to become a Yugoslav subject.   He often invited him to the  palace in Belgrade.   The first visit was quite embarrassing apparently, it was raining heavily and Cousin Alexis only had one suit and a thin coat.   So he stuffed newspapers into this shoes and coat sleeves, and when he had to take the coat off the sopping wet newspaper wriggling out of his shoes.   Although visiting each other was like a day long trip, we saw a lot of the Hanzens.  `Alexis had inherited from his Aivazovsky Grandfather a fascination for the sea, but having a lovely nature his pictures were never as violent.  (I have two of them)”.  (From the memoirs of Pr. Gayane Mickeladze.)

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  The reverse of the above postcard. From Sonia, Princess Mickeladze. (Note the date!).

TRANSLATION

Dear Mother! The other day I heard the sound of an airplane, I ran out into the courtyard, and above my head Kottik was making loops, and then came down to the house. I was so stunned, my heart was beating, I couldn’t sleep that night from excitement. Nix and Milusha also arrived on that day by chance and Kottik flew more and made more loops for them. The whole of Stary Krym [Old Crimea] and Izyumovka ran over to watch, it was amazingly beautiful! I went with him on the carriage (how prosaic) to Otuzy, spent two nights there, returned and went to Kacha again. Aunt Zhanna sends you lots of kisses, she’s been asking after you a lot. I’m glad you’re better. Masyusya and I are sending big kisses to you Ali and Vlad. And(?)
Your loving Sonia

The Russian Military Air Fleet in World War I by August G. Blume

“…the Sevastopol Officers School of Aviation and the school was established in November, 1910. In May, 1912, it was moved to a more suitable place on the Kacha River Valley to the north of Sevastopol. The instructors of the school were: D. G. Andreadi, K. A. Artzeulov, M. N. Efimov, A. E. Raevskyi, B. L. Tsvetkov, and others. By 1911, 26 aircraft were in use at the school.”

A half hour movie, featuring Kottik can be seen at :-

This short version is best viewed at doubler size.   And a full hour version at

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=abPsTyxGM14

This includes accounts of the early days of Russian aviation and gliding.

 Natasha Ariadne writes ” The photograph shows Kottik & Voloshin with the famous ‘Hat’ in the Klement’eva mountain in Koktebel where he first time accidentally found up-uprising air currents.   Kottik wrote “We were going with the poet Maximilian Voloshin to Feodosia from Koktebel.  On the way talking about rising  air-currents,  I suggested we climb up Uzun Syrt (Klement’eva).   I got Voloshin to throw his hat towards the stream of air.   Unexpectedly it did not fall down but flew up and then flew over our heads and start floating in the air. Voloshin was excited, he immediately understood the significance of an updraft.”

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