Odessa artists

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On Sunday 18 April at 17.00 - personal exhibition of Vladimir University Dr. The "0 +" is art-space apartment 26. We are pleased to invite all! Address: Garden, 5 kv26.

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Primorsky Boulevard is a kind of facade of the city. Closely spaced, the wall is a wall, solid buildings of the XIX century were built in a straight line, forming an architectural complex, harmonious and unique, only in Odessa, on the conclusion of the UNESCO, preserved as a reserve.
Hotel "London" of these buildings, palaces - the most impressive in size and richness of decoration. It was built in 1899-1900 by architect M. Dmitrenko.
Yuri (George) Melentevich Dmitrenko born March 11, 1858 in Odessa. After graduating from high school and Drawing School of Fine Arts Fellowship in 1876 and enrolled in 1885 graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, received the title of class artist of the 1st stage of the project of the Grand Palace in the capital.
While still a student in 1880, began working in Odessa, Assistant AI Bernardazzi, and from 1883-th - Odessa Drawing School teacher. In 1917 he joined the Commission on Reform of the Odessa Art College.
He held the positions of the diocesan architect and architect of the Institute of noble maidens, and at the end of life - an architect at the City Theatre and has taught architecture at the Odessa Art School.
A lot of facilities in Odessa, designed by Dmitrenko, who won the architectural competitions. Participated M. Dmitrenko, and in the international and All-Russian competitions.
Of them built in our city of over 40 buildings said to be an impressive bank on the corner of Pushkin and the Greek, successfully completing an increasing bias due to terrain building block of a huge, on the whole facade, the archway at the paired Corinthian columns, it is inscribed in the main entrance and built-in windows the top floor.
Lucrative home Grigor'eva the device repeatedly celebrated in literature and song, even a cafe on the corner of Fanconi Lanzheronovskaya and Catherine.
Opposite the hospital down the street of Kherson in 1894, M. Dmitrenko was equipped bacteriological laboratory. It includes solutions in the form of portal paired Doric columns.
Andrew Compound Athos monastery and church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, free public reading room and in the book School Lane, stands the racetrack, home to the ambulance Valihovskom alley, building of the Institute of noble maidens, building structures on the national college Staroportofrankovskoy House, Anatra the French Boulevard, the church of St. Nicholas and Ariadne in the consolation, an apartment house on Richelieu Barzhanskogo, apartment house on the corner of Mavrokordato Richelieu and Greece, concrete bath in Langeron - all created by architect J. Dmitrenko.
October 1, 1887 opening of growing up in record time building a new theater on the Viennese architects F. Felner and H. Helmer. But do not forget that the supervision over the construction site carried the chief architect of Odessa A. Bernardazzi architects Dmitrenko Yu and F. Gonsiorovsky.
When they announced a design competition of the monument of the founder - Catherine II, the most successful project has been recognized under the slogan "Odessa Port." On opening the envelope, the jury announced the winner of the surname - the architect Dmitrenko (Co - sculptors M. Popov, B. Edward, L. Mantsioni) ...
A lot of time devoted Yuri Melentevich social work - was a member charities, invited the jury to architectural competitions, participated in art exhibitions, preparing equipment for craftsmen homes. He was a member and participated in the Odessa branch of the Russian Technical Society, which repeatedly spoke about the reports. In 1910 he headed the Department of Art and Industry of All-Russian exhibition in Odessa. Dmitrenko was the first chairman of the Odessa branch of the Russian association of architects, artists.
By the description of his contemporaries, Dmitrenko was of medium height, blond, with a reddish beard, demanding and quiet man. Imagining the name calling - Yuri.
Yuri Melentevich died May 5, 1918.

Dmitrenko sold two works on postcards: