Maria Lvovna Dillon

Maria Lvovna Dillon (1858–1932) was a Russian sculptor. She is known for her allegorical, genre, memorial, and portrait sculpture.[1] Dillon is acknowledged as the first Russian female professional sculptor.[2]

Maria Lvovna Dillon
Maria Lvovna Dillon (undated)
Born(1858-10-27)October 27, 1858
Ponevezh, Lithuania
DiedJune 14, 1932(1932-06-14) (aged 73)
Leningrad, Russia
NationalityRussian
Known forSculpture
The monument to Lobachevsky

Biography

Dillon was born in Ponevezh, Russian Empire] on October 27, 1858.[3] She studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg where she was taught by Alexander von Bock, Nikolay Laveretsky, and Ivan Podozerov . She won multiple awards while at the Academy.[1]

She traveled to Paris, and then to Italy, after she completed her studies at the Academy.[4]

Dillon exhibited her work in the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5]

Her works are included in the collections of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the State Museum of Urban Sculpture in St. Petersburg, the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Pushkin House in St. Petersburg, and the State Gornyi Institute in Kamchatka.[6]

In the 1890s to the 1910s, Dillon created a number of memorial tombs, including those for the actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya, the composer Anton Arensky, and the painter Luigi Premazzi. She also sculpted a monument to the mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky in Kazan.[7]

Her husband was the Russian painter Fyodor Buchholz. She died in Leningrad on June 14, 1932.[3]

Legacy

An exhibition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Dillon's birth was held at St Michael's Castle, part of the State Russian Museum, in 2010.[7]

References
  1. "Maria Lvovna Dillon". Arthive. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. "Maria Dillon. Monument to Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864-1910)". izi.TRAVEL. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  3. "Dillon, Maria". Museum Collection. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. Rosenthal, Herman. "Dillon, Maria Lvovna". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. "Maria Dillon". The Russian Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  7. "MARIA DILLON". en.rusmuseum.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-08-12.
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