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Daniil Klavdievich Stepanov (August 18, 1881, Russian Empire, Moscow - March 9, 1937, Italy, Venice) - painter, restorer, set designer and medalist, author of the first Soviet circulation medal in honour of the second anniversary of the October Revolution.
Daniil Stepanov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daniil Klavdievich Stepanov 18 August 1881 |
| Died | 9 March 1937 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | Soviet, Russian Empire |
| Known for | Painting |
Biography edit
Son of academician Klavdiy Petrovich Stepanov (1854-1910). Brother of restoration artist Pyotr Stepanov. After 1894 he travelled around Europe, lived in Paris, studied at the Sorbonne, and took lessons from French medalists. From 1902 in Rome, he married Roma Travaglino.
In 1902 he returned with his family to Russia, to Moscow, where he helped his father in the restoration of the Kremlin. From 1913 he became the chief medalist of the Imperial Mint in St. Petersburg.
For the 1st anniversary of the revolution, he performed the festive decor of the Chernyshev Bridge, and for the second anniversary, he performed the first Soviet circulation medal.
In 1919-1924 he served as deputy chairman of the Department for Museum Affairs in Petrograd. He was arrested by the Cheka on charges of anti-Soviet activities.
Having been released thanks to the petition of Lunacharsky, he went to Penza, where he taught at the Art School. In 1920 he joined the Commission for the Preservation of Monuments of Samarkand, travelled to Turkestan, and was engaged in sketches and photography of ethnographic material. Together with Alexey Isupov, Alexander Volkov and Alexander Nikolaev (Usto Mumin), he influenced the formation of a distinctive art school in Turkestan.
In 1924 he became a medalist of the Petrograd Mint. In 1925 he went on a business trip to the mints in Paris and Rome to familiarize himself with new copying and engraving equipment. He did not return to Russia.
He taught for some time in Paris, one of his students was B. F. Chaliapin. At the end of 1925 he moved to Rome, studied at the Roman Academy of Arts, specializing in the restoration of works of the Renaissance, and was involved in the restoration of paintings by Raphael, Titian, Piero della Francesca and Andrea Mantegna.
In 1926 he participated in the XV International Biennale in Venice with paintings painted in Turkestan.
In June 1927 he held a personal exhibition in the hall of the Palazzo del Augusteo in Rome (a personal exhibition of A.V. Isupov took place in the next hall). [1]
In the last years of his life he worked on theatrical scenery and worked closely with Nikolai Benois.
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- ^ "Daniil Stepanov". Garage Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ "Daniil Stepanov".