Lev Vladimir Goriansky

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Lev Vladimir Goriansky
Kharkov, Ukraine
Died1967
Andover, Massachusetts, US
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harbor, Maine
NationalityAmerican
EducationImperial Academy of Arts; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., M.Arch.; Harvard University, M.A. Fine Arts
Occupation(s)Lieutenant Russian Imperial Navy, Architect, Artist
Employer(s)Cram & Ferguson, Boston; Cross & Cross, New York
SpouseCarola Eliot Goriansky 1896-1989

Lev Vladimir Goriansky (1894–1967) also known as LVG, was a Russian Empire Naval Officer, American Architect and Artist.

Early life

Goriansky was born in

Emperor Nicholas II as President of the Chamber of Control in Poltava. His mother's family was titled and owned a large country estate in the Ukraine.[1]

From an early age Goriansky was gifted and excelled in drawing. In 1910 at the age of sixteen he entered a competition to study for two years at the

St. Petersburg and was accepted. While studying art at school he lived with his uncle, Dr. Goriansky who had an apartment in the Winter Palace adjacent to the Hermitage Museum, allowing the young student time to investigate and appreciate many of the great works of the world.[2]

Naval officer

In 1914 at the beginning of World War I, Goriansky entered the Russian Naval Academy to train as an officer. Upon graduation he was assigned to the Russian Cruiser Rurik (1906) of the Baltic Fleet.

Haghia Sophia, which he would later write about.[4] While stationed in Bizerte, he took the opportunity to board an American freighter and work his way to America, which would become his new home.[5]

Architect

City Bank Farmers Trust Building
. Circa 1929, Goriansky Family Collection

MIT
for his master's degree in architecture, which he received in 1925.

With Cram & Ferguson he worked on the designs for the walls of the Baptistry of Cathedral of St. John the Divine. By 1929 he was working with Cross & Cross in New York City. Notable projects of that period include working on the City Bank-Farmers Trust skyscraper in Manhattan, New York (20 Exchange Place) and being instrumental in the exterior design of the upper half of the building and the concept of the flat top, among the first in NYC. At the time of completion it was the tallest stone clad building in the world.[6][7][8]

In 1955, Goriansky designed a family summer home at Pebble Beach, on Peabody Drive, in Northeast Harbor, Maine.

  • Pebble Beach house, 2018
    Pebble Beach house, 2018
  • Living Room 2018
    Living Room 2018
  • Living Room 1956
    Living Room 1956

Artist

The Artist on car with his family, Crane Beach, Ipswich MA, 1949, Goriansky Family Collection

With the onset of the

Harvard and receiving his master's in Fine Arts, and then traveling, studying, and sketching in Europe between 1934 and 1936. Between 1936 and 1956 he worked as a professional artist drawing and painting a diverse body of work. Ranging from spiritual and biblical themes, to still lifes, landscapes, figure studies and architectural renderings, signing his works LVG / BTS in a red square.[9][10]

During this period he published:

  • 1938 - The Fine Arts: Some Thoughts on Higher Education: A Resume of Personal Experience and Investigations, Search for Truth. La Merite Francaise, Paris (prize).
  • 1941 -
    Haghia Sophia
    : Research in the Line of Dynamic Philosophy as to the Nature of the Great Enigma    . (Andhra Research University Pamphlets, Vizianagaram City, South India).

Works

  • Birth of a New Humanity, oil on panel, 1940s, 47"x 83", Goriansky Family Collection
    Birth of a New Humanity, oil on panel, 1940s, 47"x 83", Goriansky Family Collection
  • Bouquet # 7, oil on canvas, 1940s, 24" x 30", courtesy Jan L. Goriansky
    Bouquet # 7, oil on canvas, 1940s, 24" x 30", courtesy Jan L. Goriansky
  • Seaside, oil on canvas, 1940s, Goriansky Family Collection
    Seaside, oil on canvas, 1940s, Goriansky Family Collection
  • The Fallen Angel, oil on paper, 1944, 33" x 43",Goriansky Family Collection
    The Fallen Angel, oil on paper, 1944, 33" x 43",Goriansky Family Collection
  • LVG Self Portrait, oil on panel, 1935, 15" x 21", Goriansky Family Collection
    LVG Self Portrait, oil on panel, 1935, 15" x 21", Goriansky Family Collection
  • Card Game, oil on canvas, 1940s, Goriansky Family Collection
    Card Game, oil on canvas, 1940s, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Tranquility within the Fog, watercolor, 1950, 17" x 23", Goriansky Family Collection
    Tranquility within the Fog, watercolor, 1950, 17" x 23", Goriansky Family Collection
  • Evening at the Theater , drawing with colorant, 1924, Francis Ward Chandler Prize (MIT), 22" x 34" , Goriansky Family Collection
    Evening at the Theater , drawing with colorant, 1924, Francis Ward Chandler Prize (MIT), 22" x 34" , Goriansky Family Collection
  • European Building Study 21, pencil and charcoal on paper, 1934, 8 1/2" x 9", Goriansky Family Collection
    European Building Study 21, pencil and charcoal on paper, 1934, 8 1/2" x 9", Goriansky Family Collection
  • Male Study 26, charcoal on paper, 1920s, 14" x 16", Goriansky Family Collection
    Male Study 26, charcoal on paper, 1920s, 14" x 16", Goriansky Family Collection
  • Breaking Camp, drawing and gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
    Breaking Camp, drawing and gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Cabaret, 1935, gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
    Cabaret, 1935, gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Cathedral Study 17, 1929, drawing and gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
    Cathedral Study 17, 1929, drawing and gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Figure Study 17, 1923, pencil and charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
    Figure Study 17, 1923, pencil and charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Flower Study 4, charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
    Flower Study 4, charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Day at the Beach, 1935, drawing and gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
    Day at the Beach, 1935, drawing and gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Figure Study 23, pen and charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
    Figure Study 23, pen and charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Venice 13, 1935, drawing with gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
    Venice 13, 1935, drawing with gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Notre Dame Gargoyle, 1936, drawing with gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
    Notre Dame Gargoyle, 1936, drawing with gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Venice 24, 1934, drawing with gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
    Venice 24, 1934, drawing with gouache, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Figure Study 42, 1923, pencil, Goriansky Family Collection
    Figure Study 42, 1923, pencil, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Cathedral Study 9, 1925, charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
    Cathedral Study 9, 1925, charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
  • European Cathedral 3, 1940, oil on canvas, Goriansky Family Collection
    European Cathedral 3, 1940, oil on canvas, Goriansky Family Collection
  • Figure Study 27, 1924, charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection
    Figure Study 27, 1924, charcoal, Goriansky Family Collection

Personal life

In 1927 in New York City, Goriansky married Carola Eliot from Brookline, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Charles Eliot and Mary Yale Pitkin from Philadelphia (1865–1946); the marriage produced two sons.[11] In 1942 the couple purchased 148 Main Street in Andover Massachusetts, where the family lived until 1990.[12]

References

  1. ^ Carola Eliot Goriansky (1978). Lev Vladimir Goriansky, Early Life 1894-1936. Privately printed.
  2. ^ Carola Eliot Goriansky (1978). Lev Vladimir Goriansky, Early Life 1894-1936. Privately printed.
  3. ^ "Armoured Cruiser Rurik".
  4. ^ Carola Eliot Goriansky (1978). Lev Vladimir Goriansky, Early Life 1894-1936. Privately printed.
  5. ^ Carola Eliot Goriansky (1978). Lev Vladimir Goriansky, Early Life 1894-1936. Privately printed.
  6. ^ Hurbet Muschamp (20 December 1992). "Saint John the Divine". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. 25 June 1996.
  8. ^ Christopher Gray (20 July 2008). "An Early Tower That Inspired Greatness". The New York Times.
  9. ISBN 978-1-60893-474-4
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  10. ISBN 9781258147167
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  11. ^ Carola Eliot Goriansky (1978). Lev Vladimir Goriansky, Early Life 1894-1936. Privately printed.
  12. ^ "148 Main Street". Andover Historic Preservation.

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