Nikolai Ivanovich Lieberich
Nikolai Ivanovich Lieberich ( Russian Николай Иванович Либерих * 1828 , † May 29. . Jul / 10. June 1883 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian animal sculptor of the 19th century.
Life
Lieberich came from a German-Russian Lutheran family. He was the son of the St. Petersburg postal director and court advisor Johann Kaspar Lieberich (1771–1834) and his wife Luise, née. Rheinbott (1788–1871). He proposed an officer's career one, served in 1848 as a lieutenant in the Chevalier Guards and was 1,852 staff captain in Leuchtenberg - Hussars . With the character adopted as a colonel, he was accepted as a student of Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg in the Petersburg Art Academy in 1861 and specialized in animal sculptures and hunting scenes. He created a large number of animal statuettes, especially horses, which were cast in bronze and silver and found a wide audience. Yevgeny Alexandrovich Lansere was his most important student.
literature
- Thieme-Becker : General Lexicon of Fine Artists , Volume 23, Leipzig 1929, p. 198
- Clarence Cook: Russian bronzes. In: Harper's New Monthly Magazine 78 (1888/89), pp. 279–287 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Entry on Lieberich in the Erik Amburger database
- Nikolai Lieberich at russianbronze.com
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lieberich, Nikolai Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Либерих, Николай Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian animal sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1828 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1883 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |