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Maria Lvovna Dillon

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Maria Dillon
Maria Lvovna Dillon (undated)
Born(1858-10-27)October 27, 1858
Ponevezh, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJune 14, 1932(1932-06-14) (aged 73)
Leningrad, USSR
Resting placeSmolensky Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
NationalityRussian
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1888)
Known forSculpture
StyleAcademism
SpouseFyodor Buchholz
The monument to Lobachevsky

Maria Lvovna Dillon (1858–1932) was a Russian sculptor. She is known for her allegorical, genre, memorial, and portrait sculpture.[1] Dillon is acknowledged as the first Russian female professional sculptor.[2]

Biography

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Dillon was born in Ponevezh, Russian Empire on October 27, 1858.[3] She studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg where she was taught by Alexander von Bock, Nikolay Laveretsky, and Ivan Podozerov. She won multiple awards while at the Academy.[1]

She traveled to Paris, and then to Italy, after she completed her studies at the Academy.[4]

Dillon exhibited her work in the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5]

Her works are included in the collections of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the State Museum of Urban Sculpture in St. Petersburg, the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Pushkin House in St. Petersburg, and the State Gornyi Institute in Kamchatka.[6]

In the 1890s to the 1910s, Dillon created a number of memorial tombs, including those for the actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya, the composer Anton Arensky, and the painter Luigi Premazzi. She also sculpted a monument to the mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky in Kazan.[7]

Her husband was the Russian painter Fyodor Buchholz. She died in Leningrad on June 14, 1932.[3]

Legacy

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An exhibition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Dillon's birth was held at St Michael's Castle, part of the State Russian Museum, in 2010.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maria Lvovna Dillon". Arthive. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Maria Dillon. Monument to Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864-1910)". izi.TRAVEL. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  3. ^ a b "Dillon, Maria". Museum Collection. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ Rosenthal, Herman. "Dillon, Maria Lvovna". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Maria Dillon". The Russian Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b "MARIA DILLON". en.rusmuseum.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-08-12.

Further reading

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  • Kalugina, Olga V. (2013). Русская скульптура Серебряного века: Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву (in Russian). Moscow: Buksmart. pp. 10, 149, 153, 188, 196–198, 241, 263, 264, 271–275, 279, 280. ISBN 978-5-906190-06-2. OCLC 876102821.
  • Karpova, Yelena V.; Rytikova, Vera V. (2009). Мария Диллон, 1858–1932 (exhibition catalogue) (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions. ISBN 978-5-93332-315-0. OCLC 501152149.
  • Voltsenburg, Oskar E. [in Russian]; et al., eds. (1976). "Диллон, Мария Львовна". Художники народов СССР (in Russian). Vol. 3. Moscow: Iskusstvo. p. 383.
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