28.05.1740 – 24.05.1805

Fedot Ivanovich Shubin-the most significant Russian sculptor of the XVIII century, a representative of classicism.

Master was born in the village Tuchkovskaya Arkhangelsk province in a peasant family. The boy was interested in art since childhood, so he went to St. Petersburg to study sculpture and entered the Academy of arts in the class of Gillet. Fedot Ivanovich was a very diligent and talented student and graduated from the Academy with a large gold medal.

After graduating from this institution, the pendulum studied with AA Ivanov in the capitals of France and Italy. In Paris the master devoted to training 3 years (1767-1770), and in Rome studied 2 years (1770-1772). In 1774 he was awarded the title of academician.

In 1803, under the decree of Alexander I, Fedot Ivanovich Shubin appointed assistant Professor.

The sculptor worked mainly with marble, very rarely turned to bronze. Most of his sculptural portraits are made in the form of busts.

The master worked not only as a portraitist, but also as a decorator, he created about 60 marble historical portraits for the Chesmensky Palace and 42 sculptures for the Marble Palace.

Fedot Shubin was a master-bone cutter of Kholmogorskaya carved bone.

The sculptor died may 24, 1805 in St. Petersburg, not having lived a few days before his 65th birthday. He was buried at the Smolensk Orthodox cemetery, and in October 1931 the remains of Fedot Shubin were transferred to the memorial necropolis of the XVIII century at the Lazarev cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.