Paul Schleifer

The St. Catherine's Church in Kiev , built according to Schleifer's plans

Paul Grinder ( Russian Павел Иванович Шлейфер ; born June 17 ^{. Jul} / 29. June 1814 ^greg. In Kiev , Russian Empire ; † 24. April 1879 ) was a German-Russian artist and architect and the father of George grinder .

Life

Paul Schleifer was born in Kiev in 1814 to a family of German descent. After graduating from school in 1830, he left Kiev and worked in the Foreign Trade Office in Saint Petersburg . In parallel to his work, he studied at the Russian Art Academy from 1836 to 1839 . After that he devoted himself mainly to painting and returned to Kiev in 1846, where he taught at the Kiev Institute for Noble Virgins .

He was married to Karolina, born in 1849. Schnauffert. The couple had seven children, three sons and four daughters. The son Georg Schleifer (1855–1913) was also a well-known Kiev architect. In 1859 he went on a scientific trip to Germany and Belgium. Schleifer died in Kiev and was buried in the Baikowe cemetery .

His best-known building is the St. Catherine's Church , which is still preserved today and which he built from 1855 to 1857 together with the German architect Johann Waldemar Strom for the German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Kiev . His most famous painting is a portrait of his wife, which is exhibited as a portrait of the wife in the National Museum of Art of Ukraine in Kiev.

Web links

Pavlo Miadzel: Paul Schleifer. In: Reisen-kiew.com. 20th June 2013 .; accessed on April 13, 2019
Шлейфер Павел Иванович. In: oldkyiv.org.ua Сайт истории Киева. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014 (Russian).; accessed on April 13, 2019

Individual evidence

^ Foreigners in pre-revolutionary Russia. In: Database of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018 ; accessed on April 13, 2019 .
↑ Шлейфер П. и Шлейфер Г. In: relax.ua. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014 ; Retrieved April 13, 2019 (Russian).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Шлейфер Павел Иванович. In: artru.info / АртРу.инфо. Retrieved May 10, 2014 (Russian).
↑ ^a ^b Pavlo Miadzel: Paul Schleifer. In: Reisen-kiew.com. June 20, 2013, accessed April 13, 2019 .
^ Günter Schäfer: Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr. 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , p. 193 ( books.google.de )

personal data
SURNAME	Schleifer, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Шлейфер, Павло (Ukrainian); Шлейфер, Павел Иванович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian artist and architect
DATE OF BIRTH	June 29, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiev
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1879
Place of death	Kiev

[1] Foreigners in pre-revolutionary Russia. In: Database of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018 ; accessed on April 13, 2019 .

[2] Шлейфер П. и Шлейфер Г. In: relax.ua. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014 ; Retrieved April 13, 2019 (Russian).

[artru-3] Шлейфер Павел Иванович. In: artru.info / АртРу.инфо. Retrieved May 10, 2014 (Russian).

[reisen-kiew-4] Pavlo Miadzel: Paul Schleifer. In: Reisen-kiew.com. June 20, 2013, accessed April 13, 2019 .

[Kiev-5] Günter Schäfer: Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr. 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , p. 193 ( books.google.de )