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Mark Matveievich Antokolsky BIOGRAPHY
1843 - 1902. Known for: Painting, sculpture.
Mark Matveevich Antokolsky rose from poverty to become one of the most important Russian realists of the nineteenth century. The Tretyakov Gallery alone houses thirty of his works, including the bust... Read full biography
Mark Matveevich Antokolsky rose from poverty to become one of the most important Russian realists of the nineteenth century. The Tretyakov Gallery alone houses thirty of his works, including the bust of Mephistopheles as well as editions of the full-body version in marble and bronze. The sculptor... Read full biography
Mark Matveevich Antokolsky rose from poverty to become one of the most important Russian realists of the nineteenth century. The Tretyakov Gallery alone houses thirty of his works, including the bust of Mephistopheles as well as editions of the full-body version in marble and bronze. The sculptor conceived the idea of portraying the demon made famous by Goethe’s Faust in 1874, produced the bust in 1877 and finished the full-body sculpture in 1883. The same year it was purchased by the... Read full biography
Mark Matveevich Antokolsky rose from poverty to become one of the most important Russian realists of the nineteenth century. The Tretyakov Gallery alone houses thirty of his works, including the bust of Mephistopheles as well as editions of the full-body version in marble and bronze. The sculptor conceived the idea of portraying the demon made famous by Goethe’s Faust in 1874, produced the bust in 1877 and finished the full-body sculpture in 1883. The same year it was purchased by the Hermitage, and in 1897 it was moved to the newly-established Russian Museum in St Petersburg. It represents the devil’s agent as a slender man lost in thought. Having moved to St Petersburg from his birthplace Vilnius in 1862, Antokolsky spent seven years... Read full biography
Mark Matveevich Antokolsky rose from poverty to become one of the most important Russian realists of the nineteenth century. The Tretyakov Gallery alone houses thirty of his works, including the bust of Mephistopheles as well as editions of the full-body version in marble and bronze. The sculptor conceived the idea of portraying the demon made famous by Goethe’s Faust in 1874, produced the bust in 1877 and finished the full-body sculpture in 1883. The same year it was purchased by the Hermitage, and in 1897 it was moved to the newly-established Russian Museum in St Petersburg. It represents the devil’s agent as a slender man lost in thought. Having moved to St Petersburg from his birthplace Vilnius in 1862, Antokolsky spent seven years auditing classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts. He became friends with the painters Viktor Vasnetsov, Ivan... Read full biography
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Markus Antokolski, Mark Matveevich Antokol'skii
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Mark Matveevich Antokolsky rose from poverty to become one of the most important Russian realists of the nineteenth century. The Tretyakov Gallery alone houses thirty of his works, including the bust of Mephistopheles as well as editions of the full-body version in marble and bronze. The sculptor conceived the idea of portraying the demon made famous by Goethe’s Faust in 1874, produced the bust in 1877 and finished the full-body sculpture in 1883. The same year it was purchased by the Hermitage, and in 1897 it was moved to the newly-established Russian Museum in St Petersburg. It represents the devil’s agent as a slender man lost in thought.
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