Paolo Troubetzkoy

Paolo Troubetzkoy
Ilya Repin, Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy, 1908, oil on canvas; La Galleria Nazionale, Rome
Born
Paolo Stahl

February 15, 1866
Intra, Verbania
DiedFebruary 12, 1938
Pallanza, Verbania
NationalityItalian
Known forSculpture
MovementImpressionism
Portrait of Paolo Troubetzkoy by Valentin Serov
Portrait of Troubetzkoy, etching, by Anders Zorn, 1909
Portion of St. Louis Post-Dispatch page of March 17, 1912, shows reporter Marguerite Martyn, in the center, making sketches for her article on Troubetzkoy and his wife, Elin Sundström (drawing right and photo center). The layout also includes a caricature that Troubetzkoy did of Sundström and himself, as well as Troubetzkoy quotations that Martyn noted.

Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy (also known as Pavel or Paul; Russian: Павел Петрович Трубецкой, romanized: Pavel Petrovich Trubetskoy; Intra, Italy, 15 February 1866 — Pallanza, 12 February 1938) was an Italian sculptor of Russian origin who was described by George Bernard Shaw as "the most astonishing sculptor of modern times".[1][2] By birth, he was a member of the ancient House of Trubetskoy.

  1. ^ G.B. Shaw, Preface to the catalogue of an exhibition of sculpture by Troubetzkoy at the P. & D. Colnaghi Galleries, London, 1931, in The Complete Prefaces: 1930-1950 (Allen Lane, 1997), pp. 97-98.
  2. ^ "Sale of the week: Troubetzkoy bronzes". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2008-05-26.