Boris Anrep
Boris Anrep , also Boris Vasilyevich Anrep , Russian Борис Васильевич Анреп ( September 27, 1883 in Saint Petersburg - June 7, 1969 in London ) was a mosaicist of Russian origin who worked in London and created large-scale mosaics in private and public spaces.
Life
Boris Anrep came from a noble family who came to Livonia from Westphalia before 1500 and was the son of the German-Baltic doctor and university professor Basilius von Anrep . The younger brother Gleb Anrep followed his father's example and worked as a doctor and university lecturer in Egypt. Boris Anrep initially studied law at the University of Sankt-Peterburg , until his interest in Byzantine mosaic art was aroused on trips to Italy and the Middle East. After practical work in Paris, he attended the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh , and from 1917 onwards he established himself as the center of his artistic life while emigrating to London.
In London he created remarkable mosaics that go back to Byzantine influences, so
- in the Memorial Chapel of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst a mosaic of the Christ militans (1921)
- for Westminster Cathedral a colossal mosaic commemorating the Irish martyr Oliver Plunkett (1924)
- the design of the apse of the private chapel of Keir House for General Stirling (1926)
Hans Vollmer also names the mosaic cycle 10 Moments from the Life of a Noble Lady in the hall of William Jowitt's private house in Mayfair, in the Blake Room of the Tate Gallery a wall design with illustrations for his Proverbs of Hell (1923). The National Gallery of London also received wall decorations in the stairwells ( The Works of Life (1927) and The Joys of Life (1929)) and a floor mosaic with allegories of the arts and sciences in the entrance hall. In the cathedral of Mullingar in Ireland he created a mosaic of St. Patrick and one of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple, in which the representation of St. Anne bears features of Anna Akhmatova , with whom he was friends in St. Petersburg. He was in the Golders Green Crematorium in London cremated , where his ashes is located.
literature
- Anrep, Boris . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 56 .
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Boris Anrep. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Culture Shock: From Russia with love pieced together in poetry , The Irish Times, June 29, 2013, accessed April 15, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anrep, Boris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anrep, Boris Vasilyevich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian mosaicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th June 1969 |
| Place of death | London |