Andrey Voronikhin
Illustration — Portrait of Andrey Voronikhin. Engraving by V. Bobrov from the beginning of the 19th century. Andrey (Andrei) Nikiforovich Voronikhin (28 October 1759, Novoe Usolye, Perm Oblast – 21 February 1814, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian architect and painter.
Also recorded as Andrej Nikiforovič Voronihin · Andrey Nikiforovich Voronikhin · Andrey Nikiforovitch Voronikhin · Andry Nikiforowitsch Woronichin
Andrey Voronikhin

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- Died
- 1814
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- architect · painter · sculptor
- Movements
- Neoclassical architecture in Russia
- Known for
- Kazan Cathedral · Saint Petersburg Mining University
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Illustration — Portrait of Andrey Voronikhin. Engraving by V. Bobrov from the beginning of the 19th century. Andrey (Andrei) Nikiforovich Voronikhin (28 October 1759, Novoe Usolye, Perm Oblast – 21 February 1814, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian architect and painter.
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Andrey Voronikhin (1759–1814) was a Russian architect, painter and sculptor. Born in Usolye, the architect died in Saint Petersburg.
Andrey Voronikhin studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. The architect worked for Imperial Academy of Arts and worked in Gatchina, Mariupol and Pavlovsk, among others. Andrey Voronikhin was active in Architecture and painting. The architect was associated with Neoclassical architecture in Russia.
Works include Kazan Cathedral and Saint Petersburg Mining University. Languages used include Russian. Andrey Voronikhin received Order of Saint Anna and Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class.
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Born a serf of the Stroganov family, he is best known for his work on Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. It is generally believed that he was fathered by Alexander Stroganov. Voronikhin trained in painting in the workshop of Ural icon painter Gabriel Yushkov. The talents of his youth attracted Stroganov's attention, and in 1777 the count sent Voronikhin to study in Moscow. Among his teachers were Vasili Ivanovich Bazhenov and Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov. After 1779 Voronikhin worked in Saint Petersburg. In 1785, Voronikhin was liberated. From 1786 through 1790 he studied architecture, mechanics and mathematics in France and Switzerland. In 1797, the artist obtained the academic title of «перспективной живописи» from the Academy of Fine Arts for the pictures «Вид картинной галереи в Строгановском дворце» (1793, Hermitage) and «Вид Строгановской дачи» (1797, Russian museum, Saint Petersburg). From the beginning of the 19th century he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts. The earliest architecture of Voronikhin includes finishing the interiors of Stroganov Palace (1793). The magnificent baroque forms, proposed by Rastrelli, were replaced by Voronikhin with a strict classical order, characterized by simplicity and refinement. Furthermore, he reconstructed the interiors of the Stroganov Dacha on the Black River (1795 - 1796), and also built estates in Gorodnya (1798). The main creation of Voronikhin was Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. The construction began on 27 March 1801, and work was finished in 1811. On the occasion of renovating the temple, Voronikhin was granted a pension and the order of St. Anna of the second degree. A number of other works of Voronikhin were the house of the Department of the Treasury, the building of the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute, the colonnade of the Peterhof, and palaces in Strelna, Gatchina and Pavlovsk. The architect died on 5 March 1814 in Saint Petersburg. Voronikhin's nephew, Nikolay Ilyich Voronikhin, was an architect based in Ryazan. He inherited Andrey Voronikhin's archive; Ascension Cathedral in Kasimov (photo) by Nikolay Voronikhin is remotely based on Andrey Voronikhin's unrealized draft for Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
The authorities additionally record the headings Andrej Nikiforovič Voronihin, Andrey Nikiforovich Voronikhin, Andrey Nikiforovitch Voronikhin, Andry Nikiforowitsch Woronichin and Andrei Nikiforovich Voronikhin. His recorded language was Russian.
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Andrey Voronikhin worked in painting and architecture. His work is associated with Neoclassical architecture in Russia. He was employed by Imperial Academy of Arts. He worked at Peterhof, Strelna, Gatchina and Pavlovsk.
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Andrey Voronikhin is recorded as architect, painter and sculptor.
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1759
Andrey Voronikhin was born in 1759.
1814
Andrey Voronikhin died at Saint Petersburg.
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Voronikhin, Andrey, Oxford Art Online, 2003
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