Vasily Demut-Malinovsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vasily Demut-Malinovsky

Russian sculptor

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1779

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 16-Jul-1846

Profession: sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Vasily Ivanovich Demuth-Malinovsky (1779 – July 16, 1846) was a Russian sculptor whose works represent the quintessence of the Empire style. He entered the Imperial Academy of Arts at the age of six and studied under Mikhail Kozlovsky for fifteen years.
Upon the death of his teacher, he won a competition to design his tomb and departed for Rome to study with Canova.
Success came to him with two colossal statues for the Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg.In the aftermath of the Russian victory over Napoleon, Demuth-Malinovsky executed a number of patriotic pieces, including a tomb and a large statue of Barclay de Tolly in Estonia.
Later Alexander I assigned to him the task of preparing bas-reliefs symbolizing the Neva and the Volga for the Alexander Column on Palace Square. Demuth-Malinovsky also designed statuary and decorations for other St Petersburg churches, palaces, and public monuments, especially those designed by Carlo Rossi: the General Staff Building, the Bourse, the Admiralty, the Mining Institute, the Egyptian Gate, the Narva Gate, and the Mikhailovsky Palace.