The House Clodt von Jürgensburg (or Klodt; russian: Клодт фон-Юренсбург) was a
Russian noble family of
Baltic German
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origin, whose members were prominent soldiers and artists.
Notable members
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Karl Clodt von Jürgensburg (Karl-Gustav) (1765–1822) - colonel since 1806, participant in
Patriotic War of 1812
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;
*Baron
Gustaf Adolf Clodt (1692–1738), son of Johan Adolph Clodt
*Baron
Johan Adolph Clodt von Jurgensburg
*
Vladimir Clodt (1803–1882), professor of mathematics and general, chief of drawing department of the
General Staff
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of Russian Army; son of Karl;
*
Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
Peter Jakob Freiherr Clodt von Jürgensburg, known in Russian as Pyotr Karlovich Klodt (russian: Пётр Карлович Клодт; 5 June 1805, Saint Petersburg – 25 November 1867, Klevenoye, Vyborg Governorate), was a favourite sculpto ...
(1805–1867), prominent Russian sculptor, son of Karl;
*
Konstantin Clodt (1807–1879), the first Russian
wood engraver
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, son of Karl;
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Mikhail Petrovich Clodt (1835–1914), Russian painter, member of
Peredvizhniki
Peredvizhniki ( rus, Передви́жники, , pʲɪrʲɪˈdvʲiʐnʲɪkʲɪ), often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who formed an artists' cooperative in protest of academic restr ...
; son of Peter;
*
Mikhail Konstantinovich Clodt (1832–1902); prominent realist painter; son of Konstantin;
*
Elisabeth Järnefelt
Elisabeth Järnefelt (née Clodt von Jürgensburg; 11 January 1839 – 3 February 1929) was a Finnish salonist, known as "the mother of Finnish art and culture".Biografiskt lexikon för Finland 2. Ryska tiden (2009).
Life
Elisabeth's parents we ...
(née ''Clodt von Jürgensburg'', 1839–1929); daughter of Konstantin; mother of
Arvid,
Eero
Eero is an Estonian and Finnish masculine given name (pronounced: /e:ro/). Notable people with the name include:
* Eero Aarnio (born 1932), Finnish interior designer
* Eero Aho (born 1968), Finnish actor
* Eero Akaan-Penttilä (born 1943), ...
and
Armas Järnefelt
Edvard Armas Järnefelt (14 August 1869 – 23 June 1958), was a Finland, Finnish conductor and composer, who achieved some minor success with his orchestral works ''Berceuse'' and ''Praeludium''. He spent much of his conducting career at the ...
, and
Aino Sibelius
Aino Sibelius (née Järnefelt; 10 August 1871 – 8 June 1969) was the wife of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. They lived most of their 65 years of marriage at their home Ainola near Lake Tuusula, Järvenpää, Finland. They had six daughters: Ev ...
;
*
Nikolay Clodt (1865–1918) painter, grandson of Peter;
*
Yevgeny Clodt Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include:
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(1866–1934), painter and jeweler, grandson of Konstantin;
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Pyotr Mikhailovich Clodt (1903–1942) painter, son of Mikhail Petrovich;
References
article ''Klodt von Jürgensburg (artists)''on rulex encyclopedia
External links
- Genealogy handbook of
Baltic nobility
Baltic German nobility was a privileged social class in the territories of today's Estonia and Latvia. It existed continuously since the Northern Crusades and the medieval foundation of Terra Mariana. Most of the nobility were Baltic Germans, but ...
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Russian noble families
Baltic nobility