Boris Orlovsky
Illustration — Mikhail Markov, Boris Orlovsky in Thorvaldsen's Studio, c. 1827, pencil on paper; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg Boris Ivanovich Orlovsky (1790s – 28 December 1837) was a Russian Neoclassical sculptor.
Also recorded as Boris ivanovitch Orlovsky · Boris Ivanovich Smirnov · Boris Iwanowitsch Orloffsky · Boris Ivanovich Orlovsky
Boris Orlovsky
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- Борис Иванович Смирнов.
- Born
- Boris Orlovsky was born, sources differ on the date (in 1792 and in 1793). · Stolbetskoye.
- Died
- 1837. · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
- Education
- Imperial Academy of Arts.
- Honours
- Order of Saint Anna and 3rd class.
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Illustration — Mikhail Markov, Boris Orlovsky in Thorvaldsen's Studio, c. 1827, pencil on paper; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg Boris Ivanovich Orlovsky (1790s – 28 December 1837) was a Russian Neoclassical sculptor.
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Born into a serf peasant family in Tula, Russia, his artistic talent led to him being freed by his master and sent to the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. After studying for six years in Italy under Bertel Thorvaldsen, he returned to teach at the Academy where he later became a Professor. At the same time, he improved his skill in the studios of Santino Campioni and Agostino Triscorni. Boris Orlovsky died in 1837 in Saint Petersburg. Orlovsky's statues of Kutuzov and Barclay de Tolly in front of the Kazan Cathedral reveal a realistic undercurrent in his otherwise Neoclassical work, typified by the Angel on top of the Alexander Column at the Palace Square. • Illustration — Orlovsky's statue of Mikhail Kutuzov in front of the Kazan Cathedral • Illustration — The angel on the Alexander Column • Illustration — Orlovsky's statue of Michael Barclay de Tolly in front of the Kazan Cathedral
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Boris Orlovsky was recorded at birth as Борис Иванович Смирнов. The authorities additionally record the headings Boris ivanovitch Orlovsky, Boris Ivanovich Smirnov, Boris Iwanowitsch Orloffsky, Boris Ivanovich Orlovsky and Boris Iwanowitsch Orlowskij.
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Boris Orlovsky is recorded as having received Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class.
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1792
Boris Orlovsky was born in 1792 at Stolbetskoye.
1834
Alexander Column is dated 1834.
1837
Boris Orlovsky died in 1837 at Saint Petersburg.
1837
Barclay de Tolly & Mikhail Kutuzov monuments near Kazan Cathedral is dated 1837.
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- Ramazanov, Nikolai A. Материалы для истории художеств в России. Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2014. 978-5-336-00162-4.
- Romm, Aleksandr G. Русское искусство: очерки о жизни и творчестве художников. Первая половина девятнадцатого века. Iskusstvo. 379–398. 1954. 489749250.
- Shurygin, Yakov I. Борис Иванович Орловский, 1792–1837. Iskusstvo. 1962. 67401092.
- Wrangel, Nikolai N. История скульптуры. Joseph Knebel. 5. 199–206. 1913. 995561716.
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