Grigorije Samojlov
Grigorije Ivanovič Samojlov
He is the author of numerous works such as the chapel of
Early biography
He was born on 8 September 1904, in
For his diploma work, he designed the "Yugoslav Pantheon", conceived as a national monument, in a dominant place in the city, whose silhouette could be seen from a distance. The work was an example of the role of the neo-Byzantine style in forming the identity of the Yugoslav nation, by transposing the Serbian national style to all South Slavs, replacing the cross on the high central dome with a sculpture of victory, holding laurel wreaths in its hands. Although the project according to the program was not actually conceived as a Christian temple, a chandelier and a masonry iconostasis were projected inside. The work was included in the annual exhibition, which featured about forty students of architecture and was considered one of the best.[10]
Among the first public projects in which he applied elements of neo-Byzantine architecture is the competition project for the building of the Railway Station in Skopje, in 1931.[11]
Career in the interwar period
In the beginning, he worked as an associate of the architect
He passed the state exam in 1933 when he obtained a permit for independent work.[12] The first independent achievement of the same year was a building on the corner of Skenderbegova and Dositejeva streets in the spirit of modernism, and one of the best achievements was a villa in Pushkinova Street (then Gladstone Street) in Senjak (once owned by Ljubica Radenković, and now one of the residences of the United States Embassy[3]) in a combination of medieval Serbian-Byzantine and Romanesque elements, for which he received the award of the city of Belgrade, as the best architectural solution.[15]
In the middle of 1936, when a competition was announced for the conceptual design of the iconostasis for the Banja Luka church of the Holy Trinity, as an assistant at the Architectural Department of the Technical Faculty of Belgrade University, "he considered it his duty to apply for the competition." In September of the same year, he was awarded the first prize, and in addition to the iconostasis, he gave a solution for chandeliers and carpentry. The works were completed in 1939 when the cathedral was consecrated.[16]
Vasilija Vana Teokarević (widow of Serbian industrialist
He also designed a residential building with a pharmacy on the ground floor for Miko Maznić of Leskovac.
He designed the Church of the Holy Archangel Gabriel in Humska Street, the endowment of the married couple Radmila and Milan S. Vukičević, the then MP, in memory of the victims of the
The capital work from this period, which is quite different from all his previous works, is the palace of the former pension fund of the National Bank on the corner of Nikola Pašić Square and Terazije, better known as the Palace of Cinema "Belgrade", designed in 1938 and completed in 1941.
One of his unfinished projects from 1940 is the forerunner of today's Belgrade woman, the Teokarović Palace, a twelve-storey skyscraper, the construction of which was prevented by the Luftwaffe 6 April 1941 bombing of Belgrade.[20] At the beginning of 1940, an endowment of Luka Ćelović was completed, a five-story building on the corner of the then Krunska and Ferdinandova,[21] today's address is Kneza Miloš No. 2. One of his private commissions is the Villa of the actress Marica Popović in Belgrade.
Second World War
In World War II, the Germans captured Grigorije Samojlov near
Post-war period
He returned from captivity to Belgrade, where after the war he became a professor and taught the basics of graphics and painting.[12]
After the liberation of Belgrade, after the Soviet army occupied the premises of the former Russian House of Emperor
During 1946–1947, he was hired several times by the Ministry of Post, both for interior works and for competitions for postal buildings. This is how the project of the Post Office building in Ohrid (1946), in Novi Sad (1947)[24] and the Post Office II for Skopje were created.[25]
The project for works on the internal reconstruction and alteration of the
He is the author of the artistic design of the Order of the War Flag, according to the competition from 1953.
One of the most significant projects in the post-war period was the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. The conceptual design (1955) included one of the first solutions with large façade steel surfaces.[28] The interior solution is also interesting, especially the visibility and lighting of the hall, which gives the impression that the staircase is hovering over thin concrete pillars.[3] The building was moved in in 1960. The Jugobanka building in Kralja Petra Street (formerly Ulica 7 jula) was built in 1960 and is the first glass building in Belgrade to reflect the facades of 19th-century buildings.[3]
Samojlov participated in the reconstruction of the Hotel Moscow.[29][26] He is the author of stained glass on Serbian glass, in the corridors, based on Russian motifs.
Trhoughout his career, Samojlov authored about 180 projects.[3] He retired in 1974.[12]
He died in 1989 in Belgrade. He was buried in the Russian necropolis at the New Cemetery in Belgrade.[30]
References
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- ^ "Црква Св. Арханђела Гаврила". beogradskonasledje.rs. Завод за заштиту споменика културе града Београда. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
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- ^ Милашиновић Марић 2011, pp. 10.
- ^ a b Ћирић, Соња (14 July 2006). "Архитекта за куће од срца". Политикин Забавник. 2840. Политика а.д. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Prosen 2001, pp. 89.
- ^ Просен 2006a, pp. 452.
- ^ Просен 2006a, pp. 454.
- ^ a b c d e Prosen 2001, pp. 90.
- ^ Просен 2006b, pp. 198.
- ^ Просен 2006b, pp. 180.
- ^ Prosen 2001, pp. 93.
- ^ Кулунџија, Радмила; Радујковић, Ратко. "Саборни храм Христа спаситеља - Храмови у Бањој Луци". hhsbl.org. Бања Лука: Српска православна црква - Епархија Бањалучка. pp. 4–. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Просен 2006a, pp. 445.
- ^ "Знаменитости". vucje.com. Вучје. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Димитрије - Мита Теокаревић". vucje.com. Вучје. 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Архитекта Григорије Самојлов (1904—1989)". nadlanu.com. Београд. 17 May 2006. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Нова задужбина Луке Ћеловића на углу Крунске и Фердинандове улице. "Време", 6. феб. 1940, стр. 10 -{digitalna.nb.rs}-
- ^ a b "Туристички потенцијал - Иконостас настао у логору". glassrbije.org. Међународна радио Србија. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ Васиљевић, Бранка (7 January 2012). "Иконостас израђен у логору". politika.rs. Политика. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Prosen 2001, pp. 108.
- ^ Prosen 2001, pp. 109.
- ^ a b c Prosen 2001, pp. 91.
- ^ "Оснивање Галерије САНУ". sanu.ac.rs. САНУ. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Из историје машинског факултета". mas.bg.ac.rs. Универзитет у Београду, Машински факултет. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Лопусина, Марко (14 January 2008). Хотел Москва - првих 100 година (PDF). Београд: Хотелско-угоститељско предузеће "Москва". Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "О Руском Некропољу у Београду". ambasadarusije.rs. Амбасада Русије у Републици Србији. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
Works cited
- Просен, Милан (2006a). "Неовизантијски елементи у стваралаштву архитекте Григорија Самојлова". In Ракоција, Миша (ed.). Ниш и Византија - Зборник радова IV (PDF). Ниш: Град Ниш. p. 443. ISBN 978-86-7455-680-1. Archived from the original(PDF) on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- Просен, Милан (2006b). Поповић, Марко (ed.). "Градитељски опус архитекте Александра Ђорђевића (1890—1952)" (pdf). Наслеђе. 7. Београд: Завод за заштиту споменика културе града Београда: 198. ISSN 1450-605X. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- Милашиновић Марић, Дијана (2011). Пуцар, Мила (ed.). "Развојни токови у српској архитектури од 1945. до 1961. године" (PDF). Архитектура и урбанизам. 33. Београд: Институт за архитектуру и урбанизам Србије: 3–15. ISSN 2217-8074. Retrieved 1 December 2013.