Vasily Demut-Malinovsky

Vasily Ivanovich Demuth-Malinovsky (1779 – July 16, 1846) was a Russian sculptor whose works represent the quintessence of the Empire style.

Vasily Demut-Malinovsky
Василий Иванович Демут-Малиновский
Born	March 2, 1778 Saint Petersburg
Died	July 16, 1846 (aged 68) Saint Petersburg
Education	Member Academy of Arts (1807)[1]
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts (1800)[1]
Known for	Sculpture
Awards	[1] [1]

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 Rome to study with Canova. Success came to him with two colossal statues for the Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg.[1]

In the aftermath of the Russian victory over Napoleon, Demuth-Malinovsky executed a number of patriotic pieces, including a tomb and a large statue of Barclay de Tolly in Estonia. Later Alexander I assigned to him the task of preparing bas-reliefs symbolizing the Neva and the Volga for the Alexander Column on Palace Square.

Demuth-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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  Sculptural composition on the arch of the General Staff Building
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  Andrew the Apostle Kazan Cathedral
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  Abduction of Proserpine
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  Russian Scaevola
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  Monument to Barclay de Tolly (Tartu)
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  Bust of Mikhail Muravyov
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  Bust of Alexander Suvorov

References

1. Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts 1915, p. 251. sfn error: no target: CITEREFDirectory_of_the_Imperial_Academy_of_Arts1915 (help)

Bibliography

• С. Н. Кондаков (1915). Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764-1914 (in Russian). 2. p. 251.