Leonid Vesnin

Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (Леони́д Александрович Веснин; 28 November [O.S. 10 December] 1880 – 8 October 1933), was a Russian Soviet architect. The oldest of Vesnin brothers, who were influential in developing Constructivist architecture.

Biography

Leonid Aleksandrovich was born on 28 November [O.S. 10 December] 1880 in a merchant family in Nizhny Novgorod. He went to Moscow Practical Academy of Commercial Sciences from 1890 to 1899. In 1900 he got into Imperial Academy of Arts, which he graduated in 1909.

Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin
Leonid is fourth on the left
Born Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin
28 November [ O.S. 10 December] 1880
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
Died 8 October 1933
Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Alma mater Imperial Academy of Arts
Occupation Architect
Buildings

ZIL Palace of culture

Mostorg Department store
Projects

Leningradskaya Pravda

Narkomtyazhprom

Selected Work

Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2017
  • 1934 Commissariat of Heavy Industry Project
  • 1930 Palace of Culture of the Proletarskie district, Moscow
  • 1928 House of Film Actors, Moscow
  • 1926 Mostorg Department store, Moscow
  • 1924 Leningradskaya Pravda project
  • 1922-23 Palace of Labor project[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian Utopia: a depository at www.utopia.ru



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