Sculpture

Before the revolution, Ekaterinburg’s main piazza was known as Cathedral Square and symbolised the twin pillars of Imperial Russia – Autocracy and Orthodoxy. The square was the site of the Baroque Ca...

The Proletarian

In 1920, Stone Island in St Petersburg was renamed Workers Island. The new Bolshevik government had nationalised all private estates on the island back in 1918 and now planned to reopen them as “Work...

“Naked Vanka”

Before the revolution, Ekaterinburg’s main piazza was known as Cathedral Square and symbolised the union of the two pillars which held Imperial Russia together – Autocracy and Orthodoxy. The square w...

Portrait of Fyodor Sologub

In November 1913, Boris Kustodiev wrote to Fyodor Sologub : “Dear Fyodor Kuzmich ... the secretary of the World of Art ... has informed me of the desire of the Tretyakov Gallery to have the bust of y...

Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II

In 1910, Boris Kustodiev was invited to sculpt a portrait of Tsar Nicholas II for the centenary of the Imperial Alexander Lyceum. The lyceum had been founded in August 1810 by Tsar Alexander I for th...

Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II in the Uniform of the Hussar Life Guards Regiment

In 1910, Boris Kustodiev was invited to sculpt a portrait of Tsar Nicholas II for the centenary of the Imperial Alexander Lyceum. The lyceum had been founded in August 1810 by Tsar Alexander I for th...

Count Nikolai Demidov Monument

The monument to Count Nikolai Demidov on Piazza Demidoff in Florence was commissioned immediately after his death in 1828 by his two sons, Pavel and Anatoly. The work was designed by Italian sculptor...

Liberated Labour

Statue of Liberty

The Proletarian

“Naked Vanka”

Portrait of Fyodor Sologub

Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II

Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II in the Uniform of the Hussar Life Guards Regiment

Count Nikolai Demidov Monument

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