Kozlovsky Mikhail Ivanovich

October 26, 1753 (St. Petersburg) - September 18, 1802 (St. Petersburg)

sculptor, graphic artist.

was a military musician - "galley fleet Trubachevsky masters. In 1764 enrolled in an educational school IAH, then studied in the sculpture and statuynom "class at N.-F. Gillet. Repeatedly awarded small and large silver medals for drawings and art from life. In 1770 completed the program bas-relief "Vladimir and Rogneda", for which received a small gold medal. In 1772, for work "Cyril Greek philosopher and Prince Vladimir" and "Izyaslav Mstislavovich on the battlefield" won another small gold coin. In 1773, bas-relief program for the "Rendezvous with Sviatoslav mother and children on his return from the Danube" was awarded a large gold medal, is released from the academy with the certificate of degree 1 for the title of the class artist, and a pensioner's right to travel abroad.

In the same year went to Rome, where he lived from 1779. He studied collections of the Vatican, the Palazzo Farnese, Spada, Borghese. Accomplished many copies and sketches of antique sculptures, as well as works by masters of the Renaissance, particularly Michelangelo. Attended full-scale classes of the French Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where the advice J.-M. Vienne.

In 1779 he moved to France. In 1780, elected honorary academician of the Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Marseille. In the same year he returned to St. Petersburg. In 1782, presented to the Board of IAH performed between pensionerstva plaster sculpture of Jupiter with Ganimedov ", for which he was recognized as" designated "in academics. In 1780 at the invitation of A. Rinaldi worked on the decoration of the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg, as well as on the order of G. Quarenghi created reliefs for the "Temple of Friendship" in Tsarskoe Selo. In 1784-1785 a large carved marble statue of Catherine II in the guise of Minerva.

in 1788 to improve the skill again went to Paris, attended full-scale class of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Among other things, on behalf of the IAH oversaw the Paris-based Russian pensioners. In 1790 he returned to Russia. In 1794 elected as an academician, immediately followed by "out of respect for talent" was awarded the title of professor. In 1795 he became a member of the IAH. In the same year he taught in the sculpture class of the Academy, among his students - SS Pimenov and VI Demuth-Malinovsky. In 1799 he was appointed a senior professor.

In 1799-1800 he worked on the monument to Suvorov in St. Petersburg. Participated in the design of the Grand Cascade of fountains in Peterhof, which satisfy the central statue of "Samson rending the lion's jaws».

Engaged memorial sculpture, created tombstones PI Melissino (1800), SA Stroganov (1802) for the Lazarev cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

In 1953 the State Russian Museum organized an exhibition of works of masters.

Kozlovsky - a prominent Russian sculptor early and mature classicism. In his work embodies typical for this time of the ideals of education, civic duty and valor. As subjects for his works tend to choose subjects from the history of republican Rome and ancient Greece.

Kozlovsky relied not only on the tradition of classical art, in personal manner of the sculptor felt baroque features, resulting in a dynamic composition with sharp angles and movement (this is manifested most clearly in the figures). For disclosure of design is often resorted to the language of allegory. He turned to a variety of materials - marble, bronze, terracotta. He was one of the best painters of his time. Engaged etching.

found out later casting of certain works of the sculptor, made in the early twentieth century by the Council IAH.

Kozlovsky works are in major museum collections in Russia, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, Pavlovsk Palace Museum, the Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin and others.