Biography of Shubin

Publication Fedot Ivanovich Shubin - A Great Russian Sculptor. Shubin Was Born 17 28 May in Arkhangelsk Provincion, in the Fishing Village Near Kholmogory. HIS FATER, IVAN AFANASIEVICH FUR, Free PEASANT, KNEW THE LANGUAGE AND WAS THE FIRST Teacher of M. In the Family Shubyni Engaged in Farming, Carved Bone Ande Ande Mother of Pearl. Two Years The Young Man Cut Snuff-Boxes, Fans, Combs, Trinkets, Who are Eager to Buy in St.

In Novmber, Fedot Skin Coat, Proteded by M. Lomonosov and the first trueste of the Academy of Arts iVan Shuvalov, Was Included in the Name of Fedot Shubin. Shubin Studied Persistently and Repeatedly Receved Praise and Awards. In June in Bas-Relief "The Murder of Askold and Dir," He Was Awarded Big Gold Medal and "Certificate with The Sword", Which Meant to Receiver Rank and Personal Noobility.

Academic Work Shubina, Which Include The Genre Statue "Valdayka with Bagels and Oreeshnitsa with Nuts", Vid Not Reach us. For "Good Success, Dobronravov, Honest and Commentable Behavior" Shubin with a Group of Seniors in May Went to Paris. There the took Care of the Russian Ambassador Dmitry Golitsyn, An Enlightened and Good Man, a Philanthropist, A Great Connoisseur of Art. On the Advice of Diderot, Whas on Friendly Terms Golitsyn, Shubin Has Defined the Studio of the Sculptor J.

Pigalle, Known Not Only of Allegorical and Mythological Compositions, But Also as the Author of a Number of Realistic Portrait Busts. Worked for Him, Shubin Copies of the Works of Contemporary French Sculptors and Antique Statues, Sculpts Bas -reliefs with Paints by Raphael and Poussin.

BUT Especially a Lot Pigalle Makes Your Student to work from Life. In the Evenings Shubin Attended the Fourth Class of the Paris Academy of Arts, Was Offten in the Royal Library and the Studios of Famous Sculptors. AFTER A Three-Year Stay in Paris in the Late Shubin with Permission of the Academy Travels to Rome. The Following Year He Creates the Portraits of I.

Shuvalov and His Nephew F. Golitsyn ,. Successful Was the Marble Bust of Catherine II, Despite the Fact THAT THIS WORK Executed from Nature. These Works are Particularly Restraint and Realistic Tendencies in the Interpretation of Images. In, shubin During a trip with demidovi itly Stayed in Bologna, Were He Executed Saveral Works for Which The Oldest in Europe, The Bologna Academy Granted Him A Diploma for the Title of Honorary Academician.

In the Summer of, Before Returning to St. Petersburg, Shubin with Demidovii Made Another Journey to London. The First Work of the Sculptor at Home Was a Bust of Catherine the Diplomat Prince A. Golitsyn, One of Most Brilliant Works Shubina, Gypsum, Marble ,. The Image of An Educated Nobleman, in Which The Subtle Mind is Combined with the Secular Sophistication, and a Sense of Superiority Overs-Fatigue Anging Man, Showing a SOULFUL and Expressive.

Beautifully Conveys The Fluid Movement of the Folds of the Clothes, Which If the Rotation of the Head and Shoulders and At the Same Time Off it. Marble Truly "Breathes" Under the Master Cutter, As Contemporaries Said ABOUT Art Shubin. This work earned the Praise of Falcone. On 4 September the Academy of Arts, Violating the Charter, According to Which The Title of Academician Is Charged Urks of Historical Or MYTHOLOGICAL GENRA, Awards Shubin for his Portrait Bust of the Empress.

This Exception Was Possible BecAuse Its Aware of the Goodwill Towards The Sculptor and the Court Nobility, and Catherine II. In eears The Master Has Created A Lot of Portraits, IT Worned Quickly - At Least One Bust Per Month. Howover inxhaustible Powers of Observation and Acumen Has Helped the Sculptor Not to Repeat Myself, To find New Solutions that Not From External Evience and From the Internal Content Model.

In Portraits Shubin Before Us is the Upper Light of St. For External Grace and Elegance of Court Ladies of M. Panina Mids, Slip Coldness, Imperiouse and Arrogance; The Famous General Field Marshal P. Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky is depicted in artfolly driped Cloak, HIS Appe, IS NOT ALL Embellished. MOREOVER - The Sculptor Was Able to Identify it Features a Strong and Significant Nature.

Completly different Character Is Revealed in the Portrait of V. Orlov Aristocratic Posture, A Lush Drape - All the Solemnity of Appearnce Reced Under the hand Sculptor TINGE of IRONY. Simple and Stript in Composition Bust of a Wealthy Industrialist S. Baryshnikov in this representation of the Emerging Bourgeoisie SHUBIN SeES A Smart and Pruudent Businessman; Brilliantly Merged Individual and Social Traits.

Zavadsky Mids. This perption of the Image Contributes to the Interpretation of Plastic Form - Tempermental Fast Modeling. The Innermost Movements of the Soul Reveals The Sculptor in a Surpringly Poetic Image of the Young Man - "Portrait of an Unknown" mids.Calm Composition, Soft Modeling Help To Feel A State of Deep Though Model. In Years, Shubin Worned on the Order of Catherine II and On the Series, Consisting of Fifty-Eight Round Marble Bas-Reliefs with AMEMETER of ABOUT 70 CM Depicts Princes and Reigning Monarchs from Rurik to Elizabeth Petrovna.

The BAS-RELIEFS WERE Intended for the Round Hall of the Cheesmensky Palace and Are Currently in the Armory. Images Interpreted in Accordance with the Characteristics Given in the Annals. In the Next ten Years shubin carried outs for decorates-statues and retailief for the marble Palace, Sculptures for the Trinity of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, The Marble Mausoleum of Lieutenant-General P.

Recent Decoating Work of Shubin Was A Statue of Pandora for the Grand Cascade, Create in Connection with the Replacement of the Decaying Leaden Sculptures of Peterhof. The Prototype for it was the "Bather" Falcone, Which Shubin Copied in Paris. Portrait of the IES of Noteworthy Busts of P. Sheremetev, Kuskovo and General I. Michelson, Medallion with a Profile of Catherine II and Her Sculpture ISLATION ISLATION IS The Works Shubina Statue of "Catherine II - The Lawgiver" Over Time, Interest in Shubin Fades Away.

Done Without Embellishment, Less Like Portraits of High-Society Audience that Wants to See Its Picture Perfect. Fewer Orders, Falls and Payment. The Artist Is Forced to Turn To G. POTEMKIN, and He Requests that President of the Academy of Arts I. From the Sculptor, Too, Delivers a Petition to the Council of the Academy and Requested a Paid POSITION.

Both Letters Remain Unanswered. THEN, in, Shubin Turns to Catherine: "Your Majesty, Are in Derogation of Health and the Need to Ask for Hardships Undermined His Health, and Already a Sick Man, Burdened with A Large Family. Man. Of M. Lomonosov Rm Masterpiece of Portraiture Is the Bust of Paul I, Marble, Rm. Suffering. However, The Work of Sculptor Paul Liked it. EVERY YEAR THE SITUATION SHUBIN WAS GETTING HEAVIER.

In He Turned for Help to Paul, and a year Submits a Request of the Academy with a Request "Not to Leave the Country Althrow a Govenment House With Firewood And Candles. Shubin Himself Still Showed Mercy, Gave The Sculptor The Diamond Ring Decree of Alexander I Appointed Shubin, Finally, Adjunct Professor with A Salary by the State The Sculptor Has Passed Almost Unnotated. Tragically ended the Life of A Sculptor Whose Art, According to V.

Mukhina, Was the "Image of Time".