Jean-François Thomas de Thomon
Subtitle: Zeichnungen für Sankt Petersburg aus der Sammlung der Kunstbibliothek - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin = drawings for Saint Petersburg from the collection of the Kunstbibliothek - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
By: Herausgeber, Nadejda Bartels, Elke Blauert
Contributors: Thomon, Thomas de, 1760-1813; Tchoban Foundation
Publisher: Tchoban Foundation
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger; eng; rus
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9783944899145
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Exhibitions; Neoclassicism (Architecture); Architectural drawing; Buildings, structures; Buildings; Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany)
Other titles: Zeichnungen für Sankt Petersburg aus der Sammlung der Kunstbibliothek - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Drawings for Saint Petersburg from the collection of the Kunstbibliothek - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Jean-François Thomas de Thomon.; Jean-François Thomas de Thomon. English.
Description: After a series of exhibitions of modern and contemporary works, the Museum of Architectural Drawing turns again to historical drawings and presents a cooperative project with the Art Library - State Museums in Berlin. The show is devoted to architectural representations of the city of Saint Petersburg, most of which come from the master draughtsman and architect Jean-François Thomas de Thomon (1760-1813). Thomas de Thomon is one of the most famous French architects of neoclassicism. Blessed with drawing talent and endowed with the necessary ambition, he left turbulent revolutionary France for distant Russia and commenced a successful career in its capital city of Saint Petersburg, where he created his most celebrated works. He possessed the social skills and ability to present himself necessary to gain access to the high aristocratic circles of Russia, including the Court of the Tsar, and thus to important and well-paid commissions: his most famous projects include the Big Stone Theatre (Bolshoi Theatre) and the design of the eastern tip of Vasilyevsky Island with the Stock Exchange. The exhibition is on loan from the Art Library ? Berlin State Museums and presents an exquisite selection of drawings showing representative buildings in Saint Petersburg, not only by the architect himself but also by colleagues from his circle, including Giacomo Quarenghi (1744-1817), Andrei Voronikhin (1759-1814) and Luigi Rusca (1758-1822). On display in addition to Thomon's drawings are works by his important rival, Giacomo Quarenghi, and a work by Philipp Elsson (1793?1867), inspired by Thomon?s Stock Exchange project. Exhibition: Tchoban Foundation, Berlin, Germany (07.03. - 07.06.2020).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Tchoban Foundation, Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, March 7-June 7, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in German and English, partly with original text in Russian.