Samuil Galberg

Samuil Galberg studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Training under Ivan Martos is recorded. Anton Ivanov is recorded as having studied under Samuil Galberg. The recorded working language is Russian and German. Employment is recorded with Imperial Academy of Arts. Works named in the authority record are Faun listening and Bust of Ioannis Kapodistria, Polemiko Mouseio. Work by Samuil Galberg is recorded in the collections of Belarusian National Arts Museum. Distinctions recorded are Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

He was born on a rural estate in what is now Estonia. From 1795 to 1808, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Ivan Martos. While there, he received several silver medals and a small gold medal, for a bas-relief depicting Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego appearing before Nebuchadnezzar. He continued his studies in Rome from 1818 to 1828, where he obtained professional advice from Bertel Thorvaldsen. Upon returning to Saint Petersburg, he became an adjunct professor of sculpture at the academy. In 1830, he was awarded the title of Academician. The following year, he became a professor in the second degree and, in 1836, was promoted to full professor, on the basis of his works, rather than by completing the usual academic program. His wife, Elizaveta Vasilievna, was a daughter of the sculptor, Vasily Demut-Malinovsky. They had one daughter, Olga, born in 1838. Many of his works are busts. They include Alexander Pushkin, Vasily Perovsky, Ivan Krylov, Dmitry Golitsyn, Pyotr Kikin, and his teacher, Martos. He also created two notable monuments; for Nikolai Karamzin (1836, Ulyanovsk), and for Gavrila Derzhavin (1833, Kazan, destroyed by the Communist government in 1932).

Samuil Galberg was recorded at birth as Самуил-Фридрих Иванович Гальберг. The authorities additionally record the headings Samuil Ivanovich Gal'berg, Samuil Gal'berg, Samuel Friedrich Ivanovich Hallberg, Samuel Halberg and Samuil Ivanovič Gal'berg. His recorded languages were Russian and German.

Samuil Galberg is recorded as having received Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Recorded with the occupation sculptor.