Nicholas Benois
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Nicholas Benois | |
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| Николай Бенуа | |
 Portrait by Viktor Dumitrashko, late 19th century | |
| Born | July 1, 1813 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | December 11, 1898 (aged 85) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1847) Professor by rank (1857) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1836) |
| Known for | Architecture |
| Children | 5, including Alexandre, Albert and Leon |
| Family | Benois |
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Nicholas or Nikolai Leontievich Benois (Russian: Николай Леонтьевич Бенуа, romanized: Nikolay Leontyevich Benua; 13 July [O.S. 1 July] 1813 – 23 December [O.S. 11 December] 1898)[1] was a Russian architect who worked in Peterhof and other suburbs of St. Petersburg.[2]
Biography
Benois was born in Russia, to Anna Katarina (Groppe), who was of German descent, and a French father, Louis Jules Benois (from Brie,
Gothic Revival
style of architecture and decoration.
Benois designed some of the first railway stations in Russia, notably in
By his marriage to Camilla, daughter of
Albert Benois was a painter, and Leon Benois became a distinguished architect. His daughter married the sculptor Eugeny Alexandrovich Lanceray, and that marriage produced the artists Zinaida Serebriakova and Eugene Lanceray. The actor Peter Ustinov
was a great-grandson.
Selected works
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Post office in Peterhof -
Swedish Theatre in Helsinki -
![New Peterhof Railway Station [ru]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.JPG/400px-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.JPG)
![New Peterhof Railway Station [ru]](/File:%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.JPG)
References
- ^ The supplement to The modern encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet and Eurasian history: Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic - Bugaev, Boris Nikolaevich. Gulf Breeze, Fla: Academic International Press. 1995. p. 122.
- ISBN 9789004301405.
- ^ Mania, Maia (2006). European Architects in Tbilisi. Tbilisi: Council of Europe.
External links
- Nicholas Benois in Peterhof (in Russian)
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