Alexander Vesnin
16 May 1883 Born in Iurevets, Russia;
1901–12 Attended the Institute of Civil Engineering, St. Petersburg;
1909–11 studied painting with Yan Tsionglinsky, St. Petersburg, and Konstantin Yuon, Moscow ;
1913–14 visited Italy and studied Palladio ;
1909–11 Assistant to Ilarion Ivanov-Schitz, Roman Klein, and O.R. Munts ;
1912–13 worked in Vladimir Tatlin’s studio, The Tower ;
1916–17 Served in the Russian Army ;
1920 Became involved in stage design ;
1926–30 editor, with Moisei Ginzburg, Sovremennaya arkhitektura;
1933–35 director, architecture studio of the Mussoviet, then the architecture studio of the Commissariat for Heavy Industry and Ministry of Petroleum ;
1921–24 Professor of painting, VKhUTEMAS, Moscow ;
1930–36 taught at the Institute of Architecture, Moscow ;
1921 Member, Inkhuk (Russian Institute of Artistic Culture) ;
1925 founded, with Ginzburg, OSA (Russian Union of Contemporary Architects) ;
1933 member, All Union Academy of Architecture ;
7 November 1959 Died in Moscow, Russia.
Leonid Vesnin
10 December 1880 Born in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia;
1901–09 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg ;
1922 Professor of architectural design, Moscow Higher Technical College. Member, OSA (Russian Union of Contemporary Architects); copresident, Moscow Association of Architects ;
Received the Order of the Red Banner.
8 October 1933 Died in Moscow, Russia.
Viktor Vesnin
9 April 1882 Born in Iurevets, Russia;
1901–1912 Attended the Institute of Civil Engineering, St. Petersburg ;
1913–14 visited Italy and studied Palladio ;
1909–11 Assistant to Ilarion Ivanov-Schitz, Roman Klein, and O.R. Munts ;
1933–35 director, architecture studio of the Mussoviet, then the architecture studio of the Commissariat for Heavy Industry and Ministry of Petroleum ;
1930– 36 Taught at the Institute of Architecture, Moscow ;
1937–49 Secretary, Union of Soviet Architects ;
1939–49 first president, All Union Academy of Architecture ;
1945 member, OSA (Russian Union of Contemporary Architects). Received the Order of Lenin; Gold Medal, Royal Institute of British Architects ;
17 September 1950 Died in Moscow, Russia.
Alexander, Leonid, and Viktor Vesnin
Collaborated on numerous projects but never established a formal partnership; most active in the period between world wars. |