Leopold Bernhard Bernstamm

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Leopold Bernhard Adolfowitsch Bernstamm ( Russian Леопольд Адольфович Бернштам * April 20 . Jul / 2. May  1859 greg. In Riga ; † 22. January 1939 in Paris ) was a Russian sculptor .

Life

Bernstamm came from a Jewish Baltic German family. He attended the drawing school of the Imperial Society for the Advancement of the Arts in St. Petersburg . In 1872 he joined David Jensen's workshop . 1874–1883 ​​he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts as a guest student . He traveled to Italy and spent 1884 in Rome , where he made portraits from photographs for his subsistence , and Florence , where he studied with Augusto Rivalta .

From 1885 Bernstamm lived in Paris, where he became friends with Frédéric Labadie-Lagraves . He studied with Antonin Mercié and directed the artistic part of the Musée Grévin, founded in 1882 . After Russia , he traveled frequently to the execution of orders. He created around 300 portraits of busts of Russian and Western European cultural workers , scientists and politicians and created monuments. In 1887 he was mentioned in the Salon des artistes français and received the silver medal in 1887. In 1891 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor and later an officer and commander . At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 he was awarded the gold medal before being exempted from competition. As honorary president of the Russian department of the Maison des arts , he took part in the exhibitions in Liège and Marseille .

Works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Herman Rosenthal, JG Lipman: BERNSTAMM, LEOPOLD BERNARD . In: Jewish Encyclopedia . 1906 ( jewishencyclopedia.com [accessed August 9, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Бернштам (Леопольд Адольфович) . In: Brockhaus-Efron . IIIa, 1891, p. 576 ( s: ru: ЭСБЕ / Бернштам, Леопольд Адольфович [accessed August 9, 2018]).
  3. ↑ a b c Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia: BERNSTAM Leopold-Bernhard (Leopold Adolfovich) (accessed on August 9, 2018).
  4. ↑ a b c Édouard-Joseph: Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, tome 1 . Art & Édition, 1930, p. 122 .
  5. ↑ Catalog-almanach du Musée Grévin Musée (accessed on August 9, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Bernstamm, Leopold Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernstamm, Leopold Bernhard Adolfowitsch (full name); Бернштам, Леопольд Адольфович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1939
Place of death Paris