Andrei Stackenschneider

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Portrait of Stackenschneider by Nikolai Terebenev, 1854

Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider (also spelled Stuckenschneider;

Russian architecture from Neoclassicism to Romanticism
.

Life

Born into a prosperous family, Stakenschneider trained at the Imperial Academy of Arts, helping Auguste de Montferrand to supervise the construction of Saint Isaac's Cathedral. He was a revivalist, finding his inspiration in Greek, Renaissance, Baroque, and Gothic styles. His first independent work was a Neo-Gothic castle at Keila-Joa, a residence of Count Alexander von Benckendorff near Tallinn.

In the late 1830s, Stakenschneider emerged as the chief court architect of Nicholas I of Russia. For this monarch and his children, he designed the Mariinsky Palace (1839–1844), Nicholas Palace (1853–1861), New Michael Palace (1857–1861), as well as the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace (1846–1848) for Princess Kochubey. In Peterhof, he was responsible for the Farm Palace (1838–1855), the Belvedere Palace (1853–1856), and numerous garden pavilions.

Stakenschneider refurbished some rooms in the

Greek Revival idioms to the imperial palace in Oreanda, Crimea
(1842–1852; burnt down 1882).

Selected works

Sources

  • Петрова Т.А. А. Штакеншнейдер. Л., 1978.
  •  "Штакеншнейдер, Андрей Иванович" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.