Fedor Osipovich Shekhtel – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia Of all the architects connected in one way or another with Taganrog, Fyodor Shekhtel is perhaps the most famous. He was born on June 26, 1859 in St. Petersburg. He then grew up in Saratov, and in 1875 he moved to Moscow, where he entered the architectural department of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1878–1879, he became friends with Anton Chekhov, the architect worked in different styles: Gothic, pseudo-Russian style, Art Nouveau. One of his most famous works is the Yaroslavl Station in Moscow: And many mansions throughout the country: Two legends and one building directly connect Fyodor Osipovich with Taganrog. First, about construction. We are, of course, talking about the Chekhov Library. Shekhtel had been friends with Anton Pavlovich for many years, so after the latter’s death he helped the city with the construction of a library. In memory of his friend, Fyodor Osipovich did not take a penny for work on the project. Only his assistants received payment for their work: Now - about the legends. It is generally accepted that the house of the grain merchant Sharonov was also a project of Fyodor Osipovich. Probably the fact is that the mansion is very similar to the Yaroslavsky railway station in Moscow. At the end of his life, Shekhtel, with his characteristic German pedantry, compiled a catalog of all his works. Sharonov's house is not mentioned. But Shekhtel’s participation is not excluded: the design of the house was most likely carried out by someone from the team of the outstanding architect. Now the building houses the Museum of Urban Planning and Life of our City: “The Second Legend” is located even further from Fyodor Osipovich. In local history, the accepted version is that the fence of the Church of St. Michael, from which further remains (they can be seen in the courtyard of the Museum of Urban Planning), was made according to the sketches of the still young Shekhtel. Photo from the late 1980s. Now it’s impossible to take a photo from this angle: shops are lined up along the fence. In paper sources you can find a mention of the church: “... in 1887, Shekhtel, at the request of his uncle A.P. Chekhov, completed the project of a chapel at the Church of St. Michael in Taganrog...”. But at the end of the 19th century, the 28-year-old architect was hardly considered young, and he was not mentioned as the author of the fence. Moreover, Franz Albert Schechtel became Fedor only in 1915, when he converted to Orthodoxy. After the establishment of Soviet power, Fyodor Osipovich was not in great demand. Having received the position of professor at VKHUTEMAS, he began teaching. “My wife is old and weak, my daughter is sick, and I don’t know how she will survive - begging with such values is more than unacceptable. Sell everything to museums, even in installments, but only so that they can feed the wife, daughter and son of Lev Fedorovich. I built for all the Morozovs, Ryabushinskys, von Dervizs and remained a beggar. It’s stupid, but I’m clean,” the architect wrote to the publisher I. D. Sytin. Fyodor Osipovich Shekhtel died of stomach cancer on July 7, 1926. This material is from the “We Built Taganrog” section. Previously, we talked about: Mikhail Frantsevich Pokorny - the man who built the “Youth Palace”; Sergei Iliodorovich Zagoskin - the chief architect of our city in the 1870s, author of the project for the Old Station and City Court; Mikhail Markovich Ginzburg - “Building “A” of ITA SFU” was built according to his design. Read us in telegram: https://t.me/bloknot_taganrogS.Klunny5618 News about Notepad-Taganrog Source link Source link