David Grimm | |
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Давид Гримм | |
Born | 3 April [O.S. 22 March] 1823 |
Died | 21 November [O.S. 9 November] 1898 (aged 75) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1855) Professor by rank (1860) |
Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1848) |
Known for | Architecture |
Notable work | Chersonesus Cathedral |
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David Ivanovich Grimm (Russian: Дави́д Ива́нович Гримм; 3 April [O.S. 22 March] 1823 – 21 November [O.S. 9 November] 1898) was a Russian architect, educator and historian of art specialising in the Byzantine Empire, Georgia and Armenia. Grimm belonged to the second generation of Russian neo-Byzantine architects and was the author of Orthodox cathedrals in Tbilisi, Chersonesos and smaller churches in Russia and Western Europe. Grimm was a long-term professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts and chaired its department of architecture in 1887–1892.