Fyodor Gordeyevich Gordeyev ( Russian: Фёдор Гордеевич Гордеев; 1744 - 4 February 1810) was a Russian sculptor.
Life
Born in Saint Petersburg, he attended the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in the city [1] [2] and then went on a study trip to Western Europe thanks to the bursary. [3] [2] This took him to Paris, where he studied in the studio of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, [1] then Rome, where he was influenced by classical art. [3]
After returning to Russia, he was commissioned to teach sculpture at the Academy in 1769 [1] Around the same time he produced the noted bas-relief Mercury Entrusting Bacchus to the Nymphs (1776). In 1802 he was made rector of the Academy. [3] Art critics came to see Gordeyev as one of the best Russian neo-classical sculptors, [2] although his early work such as Tomb of N. M. Golicyn (1780) still included influences from the Baroque. [2] [3] His final works also showed traces of Baroque influence. [3]
His most important works include Prometheus (1769), Monument to A. M. Golitsyn in Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg (1788), the bas-reliefs of the Ostankino Palace in Moscow (1798), and the bas-reliefs on the tympanum of the Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg (1804). [3] [1] [2] He also produced portraits and history paintings. [1] He died in St Petersburg.
References
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| Artists | |
- Russian male sculptors
- 18th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire
- Neoclassical sculptors
- Russian neoclassical painters
- Portrait artists
- 1744 births
- 1810 deaths
- Artists from Saint Petersburg
- Imperial Academy of Arts alumni
Fyodor Gordeyevich Gordeyev ( Russian: Фёдор Гордеевич Гордеев; 1744 - 4 February 1810) was a Russian sculptor.
Life
Born in Saint Petersburg, he attended the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in the city [1] [2] and then went on a study trip to Western Europe thanks to the bursary. [3] [2] This took him to Paris, where he studied in the studio of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, [1] then Rome, where he was influenced by classical art. [3]
After returning to Russia, he was commissioned to teach sculpture at the Academy in 1769 [1] Around the same time he produced the noted bas-relief Mercury Entrusting Bacchus to the Nymphs (1776). In 1802 he was made rector of the Academy. [3] Art critics came to see Gordeyev as one of the best Russian neo-classical sculptors, [2] although his early work such as Tomb of N. M. Golicyn (1780) still included influences from the Baroque. [2] [3] His final works also showed traces of Baroque influence. [3]
His most important works include Prometheus (1769), Monument to A. M. Golitsyn in Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg (1788), the bas-reliefs of the Ostankino Palace in Moscow (1798), and the bas-reliefs on the tympanum of the Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg (1804). [3] [1] [2] He also produced portraits and history paintings. [1] He died in St Petersburg.
References
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
- Russian male sculptors
- 18th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire
- Neoclassical sculptors
- Russian neoclassical painters
- Portrait artists
- 1744 births
- 1810 deaths
- Artists from Saint Petersburg
- Imperial Academy of Arts alumni