Vasily Kozlov
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Vasily Vasilyevich Kozlov (11 April 1887 – 5 June 1940) was a Soviet sculptor.
. In 1898 his family emigrated to Petersburg, where Vasily studied in Company's of encouragement of painters School. After graduating from school, Kozlov was working in studios as master of stucco moulding for building's facades for 6 years. In 1906-1912 he was a student of the Imperial Academy of Arts
. While in school he made friends with Leopold Dietrich, who became a frequent collaborator.
In 1919 Kozlov became a chairman of the Sculptors' committee and later a professor of sculptural faculty at the Academy of Art
. He died in 1940, and was buried in the Volkovo Cemetery
.
Life
The son of a peasant, Kozlov was born and raised in a small village in Saratov OblastSaratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. Population: -Demographics:Population:...
. In 1898 his family emigrated to Petersburg, where Vasily studied in Company's of encouragement of painters School. After graduating from school, Kozlov was working in studios as master of stucco moulding for building's facades for 6 years. In 1906-1912 he was a student of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, was founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great renamed it the Imperial Academy of Arts and commissioned a new building, completed 25 years later in 1789...
. While in school he made friends with Leopold Dietrich, who became a frequent collaborator.
In 1919 Kozlov became a chairman of the Sculptors' committee and later a professor of sculptural faculty at the Academy of Art
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, was founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great renamed it the Imperial Academy of Arts and commissioned a new building, completed 25 years later in 1789...
. He died in 1940, and was buried in the Volkovo Cemetery
Volkovo Cemetery
The Volkovo Cemetery , is one of the largest and oldest non- Orthodox cemeteries in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Until the early 20th century it was one of the main burial grounds for Lutheran Germans in Russia...
.
Works
- Bas-reliefs and other architectural sculpture for the Wawelberg Bank buildingWawelberg Bank buildingThe Wawelberg Bank Building in St. Petersburg, Russia was built by the Wawelbergs - a prominent Imperial Russian banking family. Although this building bears initials HW , it was commissioned by his son, Michael Wawelberg...
, Nevsky ProspektNevsky ProspektNevsky Avenue |Prospekt]]) is the main street in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Planned by Peter the Great as beginning of the road to Novgorod and Moscow, the avenue runs from the Admiralty to the Moscow Railway Station and, after making a turn at Vosstaniya Square, to the Alexander...
, St. Petersburg, 1912 - Figures of AsclepiusAsclepiusAsclepius is the God of Medicine and Healing in ancient Greek religion. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia , Iaso , Aceso , Aglæa/Ægle , and Panacea...
and HygieiaHygieiaIn Greek and Roman mythology, Hygieia , was a daughter of the god of medicine, Asclepius. She was the goddess/personification of health , cleanliness and sanitation. She also played an important part in her father's cult...
, with other decoration, at the spa facilities at Yessentuki, 1915, with similar work at PyatigorskPyatigorskPyatigorsk is a city in Stavropol Krai on the Podkumok River, about from Mineralnye Vody. Since January 19, 2010 it has been the administrative center of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia... - Lenin at the Smolny Institute, LeningradLeningradLeningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, 1927, with another copy of the same statue at Station Square in VladivostokVladivostokThe city is located in the southern extremity of Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which is about 30 km long and approximately 12 km wide.The highest point is Mount Kholodilnik, the height of which is 257 m...
, 1930 - Decorative fence in place of Lermontov's duel
- The Monuments of Lenin, Stalin and others
- The Monuments of workers, pilots and others Soviet people