Alexander Loganovsky
Alexander Vasilievich Loganovsky (Russian: Александр Васильевич Логановский; 11 March 1810, Moscow - 18 November 1855, Moscow) was a Russian sculptor and academician; known primarily for his bas-reliefs. His birth year is sometimes given as 1812.
Biography[edit]
In 1821, he began his studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts. During his time there, he was awarded several medals, including a large silver medal for his depiction of Jupiter and Mercury visiting Philemon and Baucis (1831), and a small gold medal for a bas-relief of Hector reproaching Paris (1832). The following year, He received a large gold medal for his statue of a young man playing svaika. This was created in conjunction with Nikolai Pimenov, who produced a statue of a young man playing babka. Both were praised by Alexander Pushkin in a short poem, and are now on display at Alexander Palace.[2]
Following his graduation, he received a stipend to study in Rome. While there, he created a marble figure of Abaddon and a group depicting young people from Kiev in gypsum, for which he was awarded the title of "Academician". Upon returning, he created two bas-reliefs for Saint Isaac's Cathedral: an "Annunciation to the Shepherds" and a "Massacre of the Innocents".
Since 1839, together with Peter Clodt, Nikolai Ramazanov, and others, he had been involved in a project to create colossal relief images and figures of saints and angels for the outer walls of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour; a project which took almost forty years to complete. In 1854, partly in honor of his work there, he was named a Professor at the Academy. He died the following year.
(Cathedral of Christ the Saviour)
References[edit]
- ^ Appears as partially reproduced in Chereysky, Lazar A. (1981). Современники Пушкина (in Russian). Leningrad: Detskaya Literatura. p. 236. OCLC 21753800.
For attribution and full reproduction, see Markina, Lyudmila A. (2002). Живописец Фёдор Моллер (in Russian). Moscow: Pamyatniki istoricheskoy mysli. pp. 52, 210, 229; cat. no. 131. ISBN 5-88451-118-3. OCLC 51755818. - ^ S. N. Kondakov, Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764-1914, Golike and Vilborg, 1915
Further reading[edit]
- "Alexander Loganovsky: Life is Like a Meteorite" @ Московская правда
- Biography @ Санкт-Петербург и пригороды
- Biography @ Всё о цвете (It's All About Color)
- Biography @ the Православная Энциклопедия
External links[edit]
Media related to Alexander Loganovsky at Wikimedia Commons
