Andreyan Zakharov
Andreyan Zakharov (Russian: Андреян Дмитриевич Захаров; 19 August 1761 – 8 September 1811) was a Russian architect and representative of the Empire style. His designs also alternated neoclassicism with eclecticism.
Andreyan Zakharov | |
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| Андреян Захаров | |
Andreyan Zakharov painted by Stepan Shchukin (c. 1804) | |
| Born | August 8, 1761 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 27, 1811 (aged 50) Saint Petersburg, Russian Enpire |
| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1894) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1782) |
| Known for | Architecture |
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Zakharov was born and died in Saint Petersburg. He was a member of a family employed by the Admiralty board, and his greatest work was his renovation and expansion of the Admiralty building. He studied in the Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts from 1767 to 1782 with Alexander Kokorinov and Ivan Starov, and then in Paris from 1782 to 1786 with Jean Chalgrin. In 1794, he became a full Academician at the Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. In addition to the Admiralty building, he constructed several buildings in Gatchina and other towns neighboring Saint Petersburg.