Maximilian Messmacher

Maximilian (von) Messmacher (Russian: Максимилиан Егорович Месмахер, Maximilian Yegorovich Messmacher; 1842–1906) was a Russian architect of German ancestry.

Maximilian Messmacher
Максимилиан Егорович Месмахер
Born(1842-03-21)March 21, 1842
DiedSeptember 4, 1906(1906-09-04) (aged 64)
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1872)
Professor by rank (1890)
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1866)
Known forArchitecture
Notable workMassandra Palace,
Alexis Palace,
Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy
Awards

He attended the School of Painting of St. Petersburg Society for the Encouragement of Arts and thereafter the Imperial Academy of Arts, graduating in 1866. He was Professor of artistic and industrial painting as well as the history of decorative styles. He also developed a coherent system of academic training in arts. His main activities are however related to architecture and interior decoration. He engaged in the architecture and interior decoration of palaces of the members of the imperial family and of the mansions of aristocrats, as well as of several churches.

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