Sergei Volnukhin


Sergei Mikhailovich Volnukhin was a [List of List of Russian artists|Russian artists|Russian] sculptor, best known for his instruction to a generation of Russian artists at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, teaching alongside Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy.

Biography

Volnukhin was born at 1859 in Moscow, in the family of a merchant. Studied at the Moscow school of painting, sculpture and architecture, and also at the St. Petersburg Academy of arts. He lived in Moscow.
Among Volnukhin's students:
Notable among his own work is the 1909 monument to Ivan Fyodorov in Moscow Volnukhin's papers are held at the Tretyakov Gallery.