Tourgueneff, Pierre
Петр Николаевич Тургенев.
Piotr Nikolaevich Tourgueneff (Turgenev) 1854 – 1912.
Was born in France, worked and died in Paris. Was relative to the famous Russian writer – Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev.
The artist became famous by modelling not only different animals (mostly dogs and horses), but human portraits of Nobel people as well. Executed a tremendous project of sculpturing over 20 life size equestrian statues. In 1897 was awarded with an ‘Ordre National de la Legion d’honneur” by the French Défense Ministry
Became a honored member of Russian Imperial Academy of Science in 1907 for his Russian statues and busts of Tsars, cultural leaders and people in general.
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