Leonid Vesnin Explained

Leonid Vesnin
Birth Name:Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin
Birth Place:Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
Death Date:8 October 1933
Death Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality:Russian
Alma Mater:Imperial Academy of Arts
Practice:Vesnin brothers
Significant Buildings:ZIL Palace of cultureMostorg Department store
Significant Projects:Leningradskaya PravdaNarkomtyazhprom
Parents:Vesnin Alexander Alexandrovich, Vesnina (Ermolaeva) Elizaveta Alekseevna

Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Russian: Леони́д Александрович Веснин; – 8 October 1933), was a Russian and Soviet architect. The oldest of Vesnin brothers, who were influential in developing Constructivist architecture.

Biography

Leonid Aleksandrovich was born on in a merchant family in Nizhny Novgorod.[1] He went to Moscow Practical Academy of Commercial Sciences from 1890 to 1899. In 1900 he got into Imperial Academy of Arts and was a student of Leon Benois until he graduated in 1909.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Metricheskaya kniga povedala o Vesninykh. Polyakova. L. L.. May 1, 1984. Gazeta "Volga" №52.
  2. Book: Lisovskiy, V. G.. Leontiy Benua. 2003. SPb.
  3. http://www.utopia.ru/english/item.phtml?id=191&type=graphics&sortby=view&start=0 Russian Utopia: a depository