Ivan Martos

Ivan Petrovich Martos (Russian: Иван Петрович Мартос; Ukrainian: Іван Петрович Мартос; 1754 – 5 April 1835) was a Russian sculptor and art teacher of Ukrainian origin who helped awaken Russian interest in Neoclassical sculpture.

Ivan Martos
Иван Мартос
Portrait by Alexander Varnek, 1819
Born1754
Ichnya, Pryluky Regiment, Cossack Hetmanate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
DiedApril 5, 1835(1835-04-05) (aged 80–81)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1782)
Professor by rank (1783)
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1773)
Known forSculpture
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