Robert Gödicke

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Gödicke

Robert Christoph Wilhelm (Andreyevich) Gödicke ( Russian Роберт Андреевич Гёдике * February 9 jul. / 21st February  1829 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † February 19 jul. / 4. March  1910 greg. ) Was a Russian architect German origin.

Life

After attending the German Lutheran Petri School in 1846, Gödicke began studying at the Imperial Academy of Arts . His most important teacher there was Alexander Brjullow (older brother Karl Brjullow ). After graduating in 1852, he studied architectural monuments in Germany , England , France and Italy at his own expense .

Gödicke was involved in building projects by Harald Julius von Bosses for the castles Snamenka near Peterhof (1852-1853) and Michailowka near Strelna (1856-1859) as an architect. In 1857 he was awarded the title of academic for his sketches and drawings . In 1864 he was appointed professor for his project for a theater for 2,000 spectators (in the Architecture Museum of the Academy of Arts), so that he began to teach at the Academy of Arts the following year.

Baron Goldfinch Drawing School

Gödicke was a member and president of various building committees. In 1867 he was a member of the technical and artistic committee inspecting St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Together with Alexander Krakow he built the St. Petersburg Central School for Technical Drawing for Baron Alexander von Stieglitz . For Paul von Derwies he built the Villa Castello di Trevano with the architect Francesco Botta in Trevano in 1871 on a hill on which there was once a medieval castle . Then he and Nikolai Tjutjunow built the Vladimir Children's Hospital in Moscow, founded by Paul von Derwies, which opened in 1876. His buildings identified him as a representative of eclecticism .

1885-1891 Gödicke was a member of the building commission for the Kresty prison . 1891-1894 he was rector of the architecture department of the Academy of Arts. 1893-1896 he built the new building for the Jelisaveta Institute for Girls with the Church of St. Spyridon on the upper floor. He also built various factory buildings in St. Petersburg and 1897-1898 a house for workers of the Russian- American Rubber - manufacturing . At the end of the 1890s, he became an inspector and chief architect in the Office of Empress Maria's Charitable Institutions .

Gödicke was buried in the Lutheran section of St. Petersburg's Wolkowo Cemetery.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Brockhaus-Efron : Гедике (Роберт Андреевич).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Общества некрополистов: ГЁДИКЕ Роберт Андреевич (1829–1910) GOEDICKE Robert (1829–1910) (accessed September 5, 2017).
  3. ↑ Paul von Derwies (Italian) on ricercamusica.ch/dizionario/ (accessed on: November 13, 2017.)
  4. ↑ Castello di Trevano (Italian) on tls.theaterwissenschaft.ch/wiki (accessed on: November 13, 2017.)
personal data
SURNAME Godicke, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gödicke, Robert Christoph Wilhelm Andrejewitsch (full name); Гёдике, Роберт Андреевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1910
Place of death St. Petersburg