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Leonidov

Leonidov
1929 – Design for the Columbus monument in Santo Domingo

Leonidov


Wikipedia article
Model of Lenin Institute, 1927

Ivan Ilich Léonidov (born Fe­bru­ary 9, 1902, Tver Oblast -1959, No­vem­ber 6, Moscow) was a Russian constructivist architect, urban planner, painter and teacher.

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Early life

Ivan Léo­ni­dov was rai­sed on an iso­la­ted farms­tead in the pro­vince of Tver Oblast. The son of a far­mer and woods­man, he went to work as a ca­sual la­bou­rer at the docks in Petrograd. When an icon pain­ter no­ti­ced Léonidov's drawing skills, he be­came his app­ren­tice.

Career

In 1919 Léo­ni­dov at­ten­ded the Svomas free art stu­dios in Tver. From 1921-27 he stu­died at the VKhUTEMAS in Moscow under the tu­te­lage of Alexander Vesnin at which point his at­ten­tion swit­ched from pain­ting to ar­chi­tec­ture. His un­e­xe­cu­ted di­ploma pro­ject in 1927 for the Lenin In­sti­tute and Li­brary, Moscow, brought him in­ter­na­tio­nal re­co­gni­tion. The scheme was pro­minently dis­played at the Ex­hi­bi­tion of Con­tem­porary Ar­chi­tec­ture, Moscow, and was pu­blis­hed in the OSA Group jour­nal So­v­re­men­naya ark­hi­tek­tura. He then went on to teach at the VKhUTEMAS bet­ween 1928-30. From 1931-33 he worked in the Gi­pro­gor and Moss­ovet and from 1934-41 he joi­ned the stu­dio of Moisei Ginzburg at the People's Com­mis­sa­riat for heavy in­dus­try.

Leonidov's only ma­te­ria­li­zed de­sign was the 1938 stair­case in Kislovodsk (1940 pho­to­graphs: overview, theater stairs, terrace stairs).

Works (Selected)

Commisariat for Heavy Industry in Red Square, 1934
  • 1926 – Design for Izvestia printworks in Moscow (VKhUTEMAS studio with Alexander Vesnin)
  • 1927 – Thesis (diploma) Lenin Institute and Library in Moscow (unexecuted)
  • 1928 – Competition entry for the building of the Centrosojuz in Moscow
  • 1928 – Club of the New Social Type. Variant B [1]
  • 1929 – Design for the Columbus monument in Santo Domingo
  • 1929–1930 – Competition entry for the House of Industry in Moscow
  • 1930 – Competition entry for the culture palace of the proletarian district in Moscow
  • 1930 – Competition entry for the socialist city Magnitogorsk (director/conductor of a group of students of the VChUTEIN)
  • 1934 – Competition entry for the Narkomtiazhprom building (The People's Commissariat for heavy industry in Moscow), Red Square, Moscow.
  • 1937–1938 – Outside staircase in the Ordzonikidze sanatorium in Kislovodsk
  • 1937–1941 – Pioneer palace in Kalinin (Tver)
  • 1950s – Sketch drafts for the »sun city« and the seat of the United Nations

References

  • Cooke, Catherine, (et al.) (1990). Architectural Drawings of the Russian Avant-Garde. The Museum of Modern Art. ISBN ISBN 0-87070-556-3.
  • Meriggi, Maurizio, (et al.) (2007). Una città possibile. Architetture di Ivan Leonidov 1926-1934. Electa. ISBN ISBN 88-370-5445-9.
  • De Magistris, Alessandro, (et al.) (2009). Ivan Leonidov 1902-1959. Electa.


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