Leonid Vesnin
Appearance
Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin | |
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Born | Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin 28 November [ O.S. 10 December] 1880 |
Died | 8 October 1933 |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts |
Occupation | Architect |
Parent(s) | Vesnin Alexander Alexandrovich, Vesnina (Ermolaeva) Elizaveta Alekseevna |
Practice | Vesnin brothers |
Buildings | ZIL Palace of culture Mostorg Department store |
Projects | Leningradskaya Pravda Narkomtyazhprom |
Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Леони́д Александрович Веснин; 28 November [O.S. 10 December] 1880 – 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 28 November [O.S. 10 December] 1880 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].
Selected Work
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- 1934 Commissariat of Heavy Industry Project
- 1930 Palace of Culture of the Proletarskie district, Moscow
- 1928 House of Film Actors, Moscow
- 1926 Mostorg Department store, Moscow
- 1924 Leningradskaya Pravda project
- 1922-23 Palace of Labor project[3]
Notes
External links
- Leonid Vesnin at archINFORM
- Leonid Alexandrovich Vesnin, photographs, Canadian Centre for Architecture (digitized items)