Theodore Kamensky

Background

Kamensky, Theodore was born in 1836 in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of General Theodore and Adelaida (Wolfe) Kamensky.

Education

Educated private school. Student Academy Fine Arts, Saint St. Petersburg, 1850-1860. Received 3 silver medals, 1857, gold medal, 1858, great gold medal, 1860, and pension for 6 years to continue study abroad.

Received medal, London International Exhibition, and later, a medal at Vienna.

Career

2d, Emily Meyer, of Switzerland. Went to Italy, 1864; settled in Florence, 1865. Engaged as sculptor there until 1871.

Member Academy Fine Arts, Saint St. Petersburg, 1863.

Settled in Kansas as farmer, 1872. Since 1882 in Florida, as orange grower.

Became a naturalized citizen of the United States Won competition for crowning statue and two bas reliefs for capitol, Topeka, Kansas, 1889. Made bust for Memorial Hall, Normal College, New New York

Employed on decorations Chicago Exposition, 1893, and was commissioner Fine Arts Department of Russia at World’s Fair.

Exhibited in Anthropological Department same, collection from shell mounds of Florida, and after the fair sent it to Moscow and was made honorary member Geography and Anthropological Society, Russia. Notable statues: “The Little Sculptor,” “The Widow and Child” (both in Academy Fine Arts, Saint St. Petersburg). “The First Step” (in National Museum, Saint St. Petersburg), et cetera

Last work, sketch-model representing “The Evolution of Peace”.

Home: Clearwater, Florida

Achievements

• Theodore Kamensky has been listed as a noteworthy sculptor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Academy Fine Arts, Saint St. Petersburg, 1863.

Connections

Married Catherine Esimontoffsky, of Province of Tchernigoff, Russia, 1869.

Father:

General Theodore Kamensky

Mother:

Adelaida (Wolfe) Kamensky

Spouse:

Catherine Esimontoffsky