Mikhail Mikeshin

(1835–1896) Russian sculptor (1835–1896)

Mikhail Mikeshin (1835–1896) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Mikhail Mikeshin belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Mikhail Mikeshin was born in Staroïe Maximkovo and died in Saint Petersburg. Mikhail Mikeshin trained at Imperial Academy of Arts. Mikhail Mikeshin became a member of Serbian Learned Society and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The awards include Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class and Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

The best-known works include ‘Yermak Monument’, ‘Monument to Catherine II of Russia, Saint Petersburg’, and ‘Monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Kyiv’. The catalogue has 2 works by Mikhail Mikeshin with free images. The dated works span the years 1873–1888.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin, Antonio Gisbert, Aleksandr Ivanovič Morozov, Alphonse Monchablon, and Michele Gordigiani.

• Impressionism
• Monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Kyiv
• Monument to Catherine II of Russia, Saint Petersburg