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Ivan Petrovich Martos (Russian: Иван Петрович Мартос; Ukrainian: Іван Петрович Мартос; 1754 – 5 April 1835) was a Russian sculptor and art teacher of Ukrainian origin who helped awaken Russian interest in Neoclassical sculpture.
Ivan Martos
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Portrait by Alexander Varnek, 1819
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| Born | 1754 |
| Died | April 5, 1835(1835-04-05) (aged 80–81)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1782) Professor by rank (1783) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1773) |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Martos was born between Chernigov and Poltava in city of Ichnya and enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Arts between 1764 and 1773. He was then sent to further his education with Pompeo Batoni and Anton Raphael MengsinRome. Upon his return to Russia in 1779, Martos started to propagate the ideas of Neoclassicism. He executed a large number of marble tombs, which are often regarded as the finest in the history of Russian art.
Enjoying the patronage of the Russian royalty, Martos held a professorship at the Imperial Academy of Arts since 1779 and became its dean in 1814. His main claim to fame is the Monument to Minin and PozharskyonRed Square, conceived in 1804 but not inaugurated until 1818. Owing to the many years he spent on this one work, Martos did not produce much other sculpture in the period. He died at St Petersburg.
His later outdoor sculptures - those of Duke de Richelieu above the Potemkin StairsinOdessa, Prince PotemkininKherson, Alexander IinTaganrog, and Mikhail LomonosovinKholmogory - became the symbols of those towns, although modern art critics often compare them unfavorably with his earlier, less bombastic works.
During the Soviet dictatorship Martos's memorial statues - including those of Nikita Panin and his family - were snatched from the cemeteries to be exhibited in the newly set up museums, while his colossal bronze statue of Catherine II, unveiled at the top of the Moscow Nobility Column Hall in 1812, was destroyed altogether.
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