Gavriil Baranovsky
Gavriil Vasilyevich Baranovsky (Russian Гавриил Васильевич Барановский ) * 25 Märzjul. / 6 April 1860greg. in Odessa; † 15 Junijul. / June 28 1920greg. in Komarowo was a Russian architect, civil engineer, art historian and publisher. He worked mainly for the family Jelissejew in St. Petersburg, but also in Moscow and created the city plan for Murmansk, then Romanov on Murman.
- 2.1 Saint Petersburg and the surrounding area
- 2.2 Moscow
- 2.3 Other buildings
Curriculum vitae
Education and early career
Born in Odessa, the son of the lawyer Vasili Ivanovits Baranowski and his wife Rosalia Malinovska Gavriil Baranovsky he received his education at the St. Petersburg Institute for civil engineers 1881 until 1886., He joined the education with an honorary silver medal. His career as an architect, he began in the period 1883 to 1885 as an assistant to Paul Susor ( Pavel Susor ). His first assignment was the 1885-1888 running state-funded palace of the main office ( Главная дворцовая канцелярия ). Baranovsky worked on numerous apartment buildings in St. Petersburg. After 1888 he was employed architect for the engineering and shipbuilding operation Baltic factory.
Architect of Jelissejew
Baranowski was the daughter of Grigory Eliseev, married in the St. Petersburg branch of the merchant family Jelissejew. His wife's family had owned several properties in Saint Petersburg. The house of Grigory Eliseev was the first building, the Baranowski from 1889-1890 as a senior architect designed and carried out. He planned in the following several country houses for the family as well as the Jelissejew 1900-1903 realized deli Jelissejew on Nevsky Prospekt, also its counterpart in Moscow, on Tverskaya Street, this along with Marian Peretyatkovich. Baranowski 1898 became the construction manager for all objects of Jelissejew family. His style was characterized by shades of eclecticism, finally, he focused on the Art Nouveau style.
Public activities
In 1891, Baranovsky was an appeal to the Office of Charitable Institutions Tsarina Maria and then designed the St. Petersburg - eye clinic. He has also worked for various government agencies as a consultant. More important was his public editorial work, first as editor of Our House ( Наше Жилище, 1894-1895 ), later Stroitel magazine ( Строитель, 1895-1905 ). His most important work was the promotion and process the " lexicon architecture of the second half of the 19th century" ( " Архитектурная энциклопедия второй половины XIX века " ) in seven volumes. It was then the most complete Russian reference for contemporary architecture.
According to St. Petersburg fragments ( Петербург - фрагменты ) he died in 1920 of hunger, to the Russian Revolution in 1917 and subsequently had caused the Russian Civil War. Baranowski's son Vasily (d. 1945) emigrated to Sweden. He was a pianist and composer and made several recordings in his new home. He was married to the violinist Nora Duesberg.