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Nicholas or Nikolai Leontievich Benois (Russian: Николай Леонтьевич Бенуа, romanized: Nikolay Leontyevich Benua; 13 July [O.S. 1 July] 1813 – 23 December [O.S. 11 December] 1898)[1] was a Russian architect who worked in Peterhof and other suburbs of St. Petersburg.[2]
Nicholas Benois | |
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| Николай Бенуа | |
 Portrait by Viktor Dumitrashko, late 19th century | |
| Born | July 1, 1813 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | December 11, 1898 (aged 85) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1847) Professor by rank (1857) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1836) |
| Known for | Architecture |
| Children | 5, including Alexandre, Albert and Leon |
| Family | Benois |
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Biography edit
Benois was born in Russia, to Anna Katarina (Groppe), who was of German descent, and a French father, Louis Jules Benois (from Brie, Saint-Ouen-sur-Morin). He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1827 to 1836. Eight years later, he was appointed a court architect to Nicholas I of Russia and oversaw several projects in the town of Peterhof, notably the Principal Imperial Stables (1847–52). He was quite notable in 19th-century Russia for adhering to the Gothic Revival style of architecture and decoration.
Benois designed some of the first railway stations in Russia, notably in Strelna, Tsarskoe Selo and New Peterhof, the last being considered his masterpiece. Later in his career he also worked in the Caucasus, where he designed the Summer Palace of the Viceroy in Likani, Georgia.[3]
By his marriage to Camilla, daughter of Alberto Cavos who designed Mariinsky Theatre, Nicholas had four sons. Of these, Alexander Benois specialized in stage design, Albert Benois was a painter, and Leon Benois became a distinguished architect. His daughter married the sculptor Eugeny Alexandrovich Lanceray, and that marriage produced the artists Zinaida Serebriakova and Eugene Lanceray. The actor Peter Ustinov was a great-grandson.
Selected works edit
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Post office in Peterhof -
Swedish Theatre in Helsinki -
![New Peterhof Railway Station [ru]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.JPG/400px-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.JPG)
![New Peterhof Railway Station [ru]](/wiki/File:%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.JPG)
References edit
- ^ The supplement to The modern encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet and Eurasian history: Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic - Bugaev, Boris Nikolaevich. Gulf Breeze, Fla: Academic International Press. 1995. p. 122.
- ^ Chuchvaha, Hanna (2016). Art periodical culture in late imperial Russia: 1898-1917 print modernism in transition. Leiden Boston: Brill. p. 68. ISBN 9789004301405.
- ^ Mania, Maia (2006). European Architects in Tbilisi. Tbilisi: Council of Europe.
External links edit
- Nicholas Benois in Peterhof (in Russian)