Sergei_Volnukhin

Sergei Volnukhin

Sergei Volnukhin

Russian sculptor

Sergei Mikhailovich Volnukhin (1859–1921) was a Russian sculptor, best known for his instruction to a generation of Russian artists at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, teaching alongside Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy.

Monument to Ivan Fyodorov, 1909

Biography

Volnukhin was born at 1859 in Moscow, in the family of a merchant. Studied at the Moscow school of painting, sculpture and architecture (MUZHVZ, 1873-1881 and 1883-1886), and also at the St. Petersburg Academy of arts (1882). He lived in Moscow. [1]

Among Volnukhin's students:[2]

Notable among his own work is the 1909 monument to Ivan Fyodorov in Moscow (with architect Ivan Mashkov.) Volnukhin's papers are held at the Tretyakov Gallery.

References

  1. [1]
    "Brief biography". Arthive website.
  2. [2]
    "Biography in russian". Tram of Arts website (in Russian).
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