Alexander Loganovsky

Alexander Vasilievich Loganovsky[2] (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Логано́вский; 11 March 1810,[3] — 18 November 1855) was a Russian sculptor in the Neo-Classical style, active in St. Petersburg and Moscow during Tsar Nicholas I's reign, known primarily for his bas-reliefs.

Biography

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.[4]

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, aged forty-five;[5] he's interred into the Vagankovo Cemetery.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Appears as partially reproduced in Chereysky, Lazar A. (1981). Современники Пушкина (in Russian). Leningrad: Detskaya Literatura. p. 236. OCLC 21753800.
    For further consideration, 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.
  2. ^ Also spelled Logonovsky, as the Vagankovo Cemetery tombstone records, see Matich 2021, p. 205 n..
  3. ^ His birth year is sometimes given as 1812.
  4. ^ Kondakov, Sergei N. (1915). Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764–1914 (in Russian). Vol. 2. St. Petersburg: Golike and Vilborg. p. 261. OCLC 707072219.
  5. ^ Or forty-three, if the later birthdate is to be believed.
  6. ^ Artamonov, Mikhail D. [in Russian] (1991). Ваганьково (in Russian). Moscow: Moskovskiy Rabochiy. pp. 63, 111–112, 154. ISBN 5-239-01167-2.
  7. ^ Matich, Olga [in Russian] (2021). Музеи смерти: Парижские и московские кладбища (in Russian). Moscow: Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-5-4448-1580-9. OCLC 1286637869.
  8. ^ Ramazanov 2014, p. 246.

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