Frolov V. A. (1874-1942) artist

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FROLOV Vladimir Alexandrovich (1874, St. Petersburg - 1942, Leningrad), mosaic artist. He studied the art under his father A. N. Frolov (1830-1909), a member of the Academy of Arts in mosaics. His brother A. A. Frolov (1861-1897), was an architect. After his brother died, he became the head of the private decorative mosaic studio founded in St. Petersburg in 1890 and situated in Frolov's house at 5/64 Bolshoy Avenue of Vasilievsky Island, from 1899. He was the chief of the mosaic studio of the Academy of Arts in 1929-42, and a professor from 1934. In St. Petersburg his major works include the decoration of the Holy Resurrection Church built in 1897-1907, sketches drawn by V. M. Vasnetsov, M. V. Nesterov, etc.; the five panels on the front of Duke N. N. Leuchtenbergsky's apartment house, made at 28 Bolshaya Zelenina Street, sketches drawn by S. T. Shelkovy; the coats of arms and inscriptions on A. V. Pehl's institute and drugstore situated at 16-18 Seventh Line of Vasilievsky Island, made in 1910; the panel on A. I. Kuindzhi's tomb monument in the Necropolis of Artists made in 1913, the sketch drawn by H. K. Roerich; the restoration of M. V. Lomonosov's Battle of Poltava, which was placed in the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg in 1924-31. He also wrote a number of articles on mosaics history, theory, and restoration. He died of starvation during the siege of Leningrad and was buried in the common grave of professors of the Academy of Arts at Smolenskoe Cemetery.

Reference: Хмелевская Е., Фролов А. Художник-мозаичист В. А. Фролов // Искусство. 1966. № 5. С. 43-47; Фролов В. А. Мозаичная мастерская Фроловых, 1890-1917 // Храм и культура: Сб. материалов. СПб., 1996. Вып. 12. С. 91-103.

V. A. Frolov. Frolov Alexander Alexandrovich
Frolov Alexander Nikolaevich
Frolov Vladimir Alexandrovich
Kuindzhi Arkhip Ivanovich
Leuchtenbergsky Nikolay Nikolaevich, Duke
Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilievich
Nesterov Mikhail Vasilievich
Pehl Alexander Vasilievich
Roerich Nikolay Konstantinovich
Shelkov Sergey Timofeevich
Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich
7th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 18
7th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 16
Bolshaya Zelenina Street/Saint Petersburg, city, house 28
Bolshoy Ave of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 64/5
Хмелевская Е., Фролов А. Художник-мозаичист В. А. Фролов // Искусство, 1966
Фролов В. А. Мозаичная мастерская Фроловых, 1890-1917 // Храм и культура: Сб. материалов. СПб., 1996 Academy of Arts
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