Biography of Ivan Petrovich Martos
Martos, Ivan Petrovich (1750 – 05.04.1835) – a famous Russian sculptor, was born in Poltava, was adopted in the pupils of the Imperial Academy in the first year of its establishment (in 1764), completed the course in 1773 with a small gold medal and shipped to Italy , as a pensioner of the Academy. In Rome, diligently engaged in his own branch of art, practicing, in addition, in drawing from nature in the workshop of Button and antiquities, under the leadership of R. Mengs. Returned to St. Petersburg. in 1779 and was immediately identified a teacher of sculpture at the Academy, and in 1794 was already a senior professor, in 1814 – the Rector and, finally, in 1831 – earned the rector of the sculpture. Emperor Paul I, Alexander I and Nicholas I ever entrusted him to carry out important sculptural enterprise; numerous works of MM was a notoriety not only in Russia but also in other countries. The simplicity and nobility of style, accuracy of the figure, excellent modeling of the human body forms, draperies clever styling and good performance is not only essential but also parts – the distinguishing features works by, to some extent reminiscent Canova, but not so idealistic and graceful, as the work of This wizard, in the composition of the bas-reliefs, especially polysyllabic, he stood on a par with paramount sculptors of modern times. Among the works of M., the principal: an enormous bronze statue of John the Baptist, graced the portico of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.; Great relief: "Moses exudes water from a stone, on one of prezdov in the colonnade of the temple monument. led. knyag. Alexandra Pavlovna, in the park at Pavlovsk, a monument to Minin and Prince. Pozharsky in Moscow – the most important of all the works of the artist (1804 – 18), a colossal marble statue of Catherine II, in the noble hall of the Moscow meeting, a bust of the Emperor. Alexander I, carved for St. Petersburg. Stock room; monuments imp. Alexander I in Taganrog, hertz. Richelieu in Odessa, Vol. Potemkin in Kherson, Lomonosova in Kholmogory; tombstones Turchaninova and Prince. Rina in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, and the statue of "Acteon", performed in bronze for the Peterhof garden and then several times repeated by the artist.