Biography Maximilian Messmacher
palace of grand duke alexei alexandrovich on moika embankment
his main activities related architecture , interior decoration. engaged in architecture , interior decoration of palaces of members of imperial family , of mansions of aristocrats. messmacher s significant works in st. petersburg are: palaces of grand duke alexei alexandrovich , of grand duke mikhail mikhailovich interior decorations of palaces of grand duke vladimir alexandrovich, of grand duke pavel alexandrovich of anichkov palace. worked on palace of tsar alexander iii in massandra, crimea, finished after tsar’s assassination. messmacher s works distinctive due refined expressiveness of silhouette, grandeur , diversity of artistic , decorative techniques facades , interiors. eclecticism. part of work concerned design , decoration of churches, messmacher in charge of restoration of saint isaac s cathedral , in 1882 appointed chief architect of church), 1 of messmacher s last works interior of st. peter’s lutheran church (1895–97).
after 1897, maximilan messmacher moved germany , worked there. died in 1906 in dresden, germany , interred @ lutheran cemetery johannisfriedhof.
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