Everything about Ivan Leonidov totally explained
Ivan Ilich Léonidov (born
February 9,
1902,
Tver Oblast -
1959,
November 6,
Moscow) was a
Russian
constructivist architect,
urban planner,
painter and
teacher.
Early life
Ivan Léonidov was raised on an isolated farmstead in the province of
Tver Oblast. The son of a farmer and woodsman, he went to work as a casual labourer at the docks in
Petrograd. When an icon painter noticed Léonidov's drawing skills, he became his apprentice.
Career
In 1919 Léonidov attended the
Svomas free art studios in
Tver. From 1921-27 he studied at the
VKhUTEMAS in Moscow under the tutelage of
Alexander Vesnin at which point his attention switched from painting to architecture. His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the
OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura. He then went on to teach at the
VKhUTEMAS between 1928-30. From 1931-33 he worked in the Giprogor and Mossovet and from 1934-41 he joined the studio of
Moisei Ginzburg at the People's Commissariat for heavy industry.
Leonidov's only materialized design was the 1938 staircase in
Kislovodsk (1940 photographs:
overview
,
theater stairs,
terrace stairs).
Works (Selected)
- 1926 - Design for Izvestia printworks in Moscow (VKhUTEMAS studio with Alexander Vesnin)
- 1927 - Thesis (diploma) Lenin Institute and Library in Moscow (unexecuted)
- 1928 - Competition entry for the building of the Centrosojuz in Moscow
- 1928 - Club of the New Social Type. Variant B (External Link)
- 1929 - Design for the Columbus monument in Santo Domingo
- 1929–-1930 - Competition entry for the House of Industry in Moscow
- 1930 - Competition entry for the culture palace of the proletarian district in Moscow
- 1930 - Competition entry for the socialist city Magnitogorsk (director/conductor of a group of students of the VChUTEIN)
- 1934 - Competition entry for the Narkomtiazhprom building (The People's Commissariat for heavy industry in Moscow), Red Square, Moscow.
- 1937–-1938 - Outside staircase in the Ordzonikidze sanatorium in Kislovodsk
- 1937–-1941 - Pioneer palace in Kalinin (Tver)
- 1950s - Sketch drafts for the "sun city" and the seat of the United Nations
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