Boris Ivanovich Orlovsky , (1796 - 28 December 1837), was a Russian sculptor.

Born into a peasant family in Tula, Russia

Tula, Russia

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, his artistic talent led to him being freed by his master and sent to the Imperial Academy of Arts

Imperial Academy of Arts

The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, was founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great renamed it the Imperial Academy of Arts and commissioned a new building, completed 25 years later in 1789...

 in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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. After studying in Italy

Italy

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 under Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

, he returned to teach at the Academy where he later became a Professor. At the same time, he improved his skill in the studios of Santino Campioni and Agostino Triscorni. Boris Orlovsky died in 1837 in Saint Petersburg.

Orlovsky's statues of Kutuzov

Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov

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 and Barclay de Tolly

Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

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 in front of the Kazan Cathedral reveal a realistic undercurrent in his otherwise Neoclassical work, typified by the Angel on top of the Alexander Column

Alexander Column

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 at the Palace Square

Palace Square

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