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TRUBETSKOY Paul (Paolo) P.
15 February 1866 (Intra near Lago Maggiore, Italy) - February 12, 1938 (Villa, Kabianko near Verbania, Italy),

Sculptor, painter.

Born to a Russian diplomat Prince PI Trubetskoy and the American pianist Ada Vinams. Childhood years he lived in Italy for the parent Villa Ada di Giff near Lake Maggiore. With eight years in modeling under the guidance of artist D. Rantsoni with a passion making puppets for a home theater.

In 1884 it had moved to Milan, where he took lessons at the marble sculpture craftsmanship of Piedmont D. Barkal, and E. Badzaro and D. Grundy. In 1885 he began working in her own studio in Milan. In 1886, the first time exhibited sculpture "Horse" at the exhibition in the museum Brera. He worked as an animal painter and portraitist. Occasional painting and pastel. He has participated in competitions for the urban monuments: in 1890 received the first award for a project of the equestrian statue of Garibaldi for D. Naples and Milan (was not carried out) in 1891 - a cash prize for the project of a monument to Dante, Trento, in 1896 carried out project of a monument to Senator D. Cadorna to Pallanza. In 1890 and 1900 repeatedly exhibited his works in Munich and Vienna Secession.

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In 1883, first visited Russia a few months staying with relatives in Podolia. In 1897 accepted the proposal of the Director MUZhViZ Prince EI Lviv teach sculpture and moved to Russia. From 1898 to 1906 was a professor MUZhViZ. The spring of 1898 met with Leo Tolstoy, performed a series of his pencil portraits, busts and statuettes, "Tolstoy on the horse." Tolstoy planning to create a monument in Paris.

From 1898, he participated in exhibitions of the Moscow Art Lovers Society, since 1899 - in exhibitions TPHV, was adopted as an honorary member of the Association. In the same year exhibited his sculptures at the exhibition "World of Art". From 1899 worked on equestrian statue of Alexander III, which was installed in 1909 at Znamenskaia Square in St. Petersburg (now - before the Marble Palace). Monument provoked fierce debate in society: some saw it as a caricature of Emperor.

For his work in 1900 was awarded the Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris, a year later was awarded a gold medal at the International Art Exhibition in Dresden. From 1903 (until 1913 with breaks) participated in exhibitions of the Union of Russian Artists. Since 1904 in Russia visited to time. In 1906-1914 he lived and worked in Paris, annually visited Italy, traveled to England and Sweden. Exhibited their works in the Salon d'Automne, the exhibitions of the National Society of Fine Arts and the Society of animal artist. In 1910 he created a competition project for the monument to Alexander II of St. Petersburg and the draft gravestones Komissarzhevskaya in 1912 - a monument chairman of I-th of the State Duma SA Muromtsev in a new cemetery Donskoy Monastery in Moscow. Took part in the competition for a monument in honor of 300 years of the Romanov dynasty to Kostroma.

In 1911 in Buffalo, a year later in Chicago, St. Louis and Toledo were solo exhibitions Trubetskoy.

In 1914 he moved to the U.S.. He lived in Hollywood, where film stars portrayed, modeled as numerous figures of Indians and cowboys. He created a monument to Dante for San Francisco and General Harrison Gray Otis to Los Angeles. Personal exhibition of the sculptor were organized in 1915 in Philadelphia (1915), Detroit (1916), San Francisco (1917).

In 1921 he returned to Paris, the summer months spent at his villa near Kabianko Pallanza. In 1932, finally moved to Italy. Among his later works are best known obelisk "fallen warriors" to the main square of Verbania, the statue of Puccini in front of his home in Torre del Lago and the theater La Scala in Milan.

Solo exhibitions were held in London (1931), Bergamo (1933), Cairo and Alexandria (1934), Milan and Verbania (1936). The memorial exhibition Trubetskoy were organized in Milan (1940) and Verbania (1952). Retrospective of works of masters were shown at the State Russian Museum in Leningrad (1966), Museum of landscape in Verbania (1990), the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow (1991).

Paolo Troubetzkoy - eminent sculptor last third of the XIX - first third of the twentieth century. As aptly remarked art historian Igor Grabar, he was "first brought to Russia interested in instant impressions of life, showed immediate importance and beauty of living forms." Troubetzkoy has developed his own style in sculpture, featuring expressive sculpting, sketch even completed work that relates his work with the art of the Impressionists. He worked almost entirely in plaster, often without preparatory drawings directly from nature. Bronze castings are usually produced by specially invited artists bronze case. Many of the cast from plaster molds Trubetskoy were performed after his death, in the middle of the twentieth century.

In today's antique market, along with EA Lancere, is one of the most highly esteemed masters of sculpture.

Artworks Trubetskoy are in the largest collections of Europe and the United States, including the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art in Milan, the Museum d'Orsay in Paris, international art gallery "Ka 'Pesaro in Venice, the museum landscape in Verbania, Museum Metropolitan in New York, Dresden Art Gallery and others. In Verbania opened memorial museum Trubetskoy, and stored archive sculptor.

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Originally Posted by yaks

was born in the family of a Russian diplomat Prince PI Trubetskoy and the American pianist Ada Vinams.

The future sculptor was the illegitimate child, so a few incorrect to write about the family.

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