Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood

Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting, art of sculpture and architecture. Work by Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood is recorded in the collections of Touchstones Rochdale, Harris Museum and Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. Distinctions recorded are Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class.

• Native Name — Владимир Осипович Шервуд • Born — 18 August 1832 • Birthplace — Istleyevo, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 27 July 1897 • Place of death — Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire • Known for — Painting, architecture • Works — Historical Museum Building, 1875–1883 • Alma Mater — Moscow School of Painting • Education — Member • Resting Place — Donskoy Monastery, Moscow • Children — ten, including Leonid Sherwood • Relatives — Vladimir Favorsky (maternal grandson)

He was the son of Joseph Sherwood, an Anglo-Russian engineer whose father was William Sherwood, a Roman Catholic cotton machine engineer who had come to Russia at the invitation of Tsar Paul I on October 11, 1800. Joseph died when Vladimir was five years old. His uncle John Sherwood was an influential lieutenant in Tsar Alexander I's service. In fact John Sherwood (Ivan Sherwood Verny in Russian) was responsible for reporting the Dekabrist Conspiracy in 1825, a service for which he was ennobled and given the honorific Shervud Vernyi - Sherwood the Faithful. Vladimir Osipovich became one of the most visible architects of the Alexander III version of Russian Revival, also noted for his Plevna Chapel and Nikolay Pirogov memorial in Moscow. His statue of Alexander II erected in Samara in 1889 was in 1927 replaced by one of Lenin mounted on the same plinth. His paintings include: 'Laying the foundation stone to the cotton exchange', 'Blackburn', 'The Preston by-election of 1862', 'Mr Healey', and 'Mrs Healey'. He was the father of: • Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood (Владимир Владимирович Шервуд, May 17, 1867 – June 18, 1930), an Art Nouveau and Neoclassical Revival architect; • Sergei Vladimirovich Sherwood (Сергей Владимирович Шервуд, December 13, 1858 – August 29, 1899), also an architect; and • Leonid Vladimirovich Sherwood (Леонид Владимирович Шервуд, 1871–1954), a sculptor based in Saint Petersburg, a master of socialist realism. He was the grandfather of artist Vladimir Favorsky, the son of his daughter Olga Sherwood.

• Illustration — The building of the State Historical Museum (1875—1883) • Illustration — Plevna Chapel (1887) • Illustration — Monument to Nikolay Pirogov (1897) • Illustration — Portrait of Yuri Samarin (1872) • Illustration — Portrait of Boris Chicherin (circa 1869)

The authorities additionally record the headings Vladimir Shervud, Vladimir Osipovich Shervud, Vladimir Ossipovitch Sherwood, Vladimir Sherwood and Shervud. His recorded language was Russian. He was the child of Joseph Sherwood and Yelizaveta Koshelevskaya. 4 children are recorded: Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood, Sergey Sherwood, Leonid Vladimirovich Sherwood and Olga Favorskaya.

Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood is recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as sculptor, architect and painter.