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Konstantin Melnikov

1890 - 1974

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Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov (Russian: Константин Степанович Мельников; August 3 [O.S. July 22] 1890 – November 28, 1974) was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade (1923–33), placed Melnikov on the front end of 1920s avant-garde architecture. Although associated with the Constructivists, Melnikov was an independent artist, not bound by the rules of a particular style or artistic group. In the 1930s, Melnikov refused to conform with the rising Stalinist architecture, withdrew from practice and worked as a portraitist and teacher until the end of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Konstantin Melnikov is the 241st most popular architect (down from 229th in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from Russia (down from 826th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Konstantin Melnikov ranks 241 out of 518. Before him are Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Giuseppe Terragni, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Sixto Durán Ballén, Pirro Ligorio, and Henri Dupuy de Lôme. After him are Henri Labrouste, Joseph Paxton, Baysunghur, Max Fabiani, Gordon Bunshaft, and Lambert Lombard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Konstantin Melnikov ranks 96. Before him are Ferruccio Parri, Evert Taube, Walter Weiß, Erik Heinrichs, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, and Johannes Vares. After him are Matome Ugaki, Vasili Eroshenko, Frank Morgan, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Fritz Busch, and Claire Lee Chennault. Among people deceased in 1974, Konstantin Melnikov ranks 90. Before him are Princess Patricia of Connaught, Wang Ming, Ed Sullivan, Jan Tschichold, Fred Kelly, and Carl Jacob Burckhardt. After him are Yevgeny Vuchetich, Georgios Grivas, Maximilian de Angelis, Werner Lorenz, Rosario Castellanos, and Cornelius Ryan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Konstantin Melnikov ranks 854 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (1879), Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725), Ivan Yefremov (1908), Boris Shakhlin (1932), Sergey Aksakov (1791), and Vasily Petrov (1917). After him are Edgar Froese (1944), Georgy Shpagin (1897), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), Gennadiy Aygi (1934), Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853), and Oleg Tabakov (1935).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Russia

Among architects born in Russia, Konstantin Melnikov ranks 4. Before him are Bruno Taut (1880), Alexander Tamanian (1878), and Lev Rudnev (1885). After him are Konstantin Thon (1794), Joseph Bové (1784), Vasily Stasov (1769), Andrey Voronikhin (1759), Matvey Kazakov (1738), Leon Benois (1856), Vasily Bazhenov (1737), and Nikolay Lvov (1753).

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