Vasily Ivanovich Demut-Malinovsky (

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

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

whose works represent the quintessence of the

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Biography

He entered the

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at the age of six and studied under

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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

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. 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

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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

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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

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, the Mining Institute, the Egyptian Gate, the Narva Gate, and the

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Works

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(

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) File:M.N. Muravyev by Demut-Malinovsky (1810s, GRM) by shakko 01.jpg, Bust of

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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