Vasily Ivanovich Demut-Malinovsky (

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: Василий Иванович Демут-Малиновский); 2 (13) March 1779 – 16 (28) July 1846 was a Russian

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whose works represent the quintessence of the

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Biography

He entered the Imperial Academy of Arts at the age of six and studied under Mikhail Kozlovsky for fifteen years. Upon the death of his teacher, he won a competition to design his tomb and departed for

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to study with Canova. Success came to him with two colossal statues for the Kazan Cathedral in

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. In the aftermath of the Russian victory over

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, Demut-Malinovsky executed a number of patriotic pieces, including a tomb and a large statue of Barclay de Tolly in

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. Later

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assigned to him the task of preparing bas-reliefs symbolizing the Neva and the Volga for the Alexander Column on

Palace Square Palace Square ( rus, Дворцо́вая пло́щадь, r=Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, p=dvɐrˈtsovəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersb ...

. Demut-Malinovsky also designed statuary and decorations for other St Petersburg churches, palaces, and public monuments, especially those designed by Carlo Rossi: the General Staff Building, the Bourse, the Admiralty, the Mining Institute, the Egyptian Gate, the Narva Gate, and the Mikhailovsky Palace.

Works

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Demut-Malinovsky, Vasily Neoclassical sculptors 19th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 18th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire Russian male sculptors 1779 births 1846 deaths Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery