Monument to Gustav Faberge, a photo from Parnumaa, West

Photographer's Note

Monument to Gustav Faberge

Gustav Faberg� was a Baltic German jeweller and father of Peter Carl Faberg�, maker of Faberg馥ggs. He establishedhisown business in Saint Petersburg.

Gustav Faberg� was born in the city of Pernau (now P舐nu) in Livonia (present-day Estonia). In 1842, he opened the jewellery firm House of Faberg� in St Petersburg .

In 1860, Gustav Faberg� retired and, together with hiswife and son, moved to Dresden.

In 1864, Peter Carl Faberg� embarked upon a Grand Tour of Europe. He receivedtuition from respectedgoldsmiths in Germany, France and England, attended a courseatSchloss痴 Commercial College in Paris, and viewed the objects in the galleries of Europe痴leadingmuseums. He returned to St Petersburg and married Augusta Julia Jacobs. For the following ten years, hisfather'strustedwork master Peter HiskiasPendinacted as his mentor and tutor. Upon Pendin'sdeath in 1882, Peter Carl tookover the business.

Carl and Agathon Faberg� Sr. were a sensation at the Pan-Russian Exhibition held in Moscow in 1882. Carl was awarded a gold medal and the St. Stanisias Medal. One of the Faberg� pieces displayed was a replica of a 4th-century BC gold bangle from the Scythian Treasure in the Hermitage. The Tsar, Alexander III, "Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russians", declared that he could not distinguish the Faberg�'s work from the original and ordered that objects by the House of Faberg� should be displayed in the Hermitage as examples of superb contemporary Russian craftsmanship. The House of Faberg� with its range of jewels was now within the focus of Russia's Imperial Court.

When Peter Carl took over the House, there was a move from producing jewellery in the then-fashionable French 18th century style to becoming artist-jewellers. Faberg�'s production of the very first so-called Faberg� egg, the Hen Egg, given as a gift from the Tsar to his wife Maria Fyodorovna on Orthodox Easter (24 March) of 1885 so delighted her that on 1 May the Emperor assigned Faberg� the title Goldsmith by special appointment to the Imperial Crown of that year.

Where can the famous eggs be? Read please tomorrow's post.

Other photos in the workshop

A bronze monument was erected in memory of Gustav Faberg� in P舐nu; the monument is a gift to P舐nu from Alexander Tenzo, a jeweller with Estonian roots.

deffra, holmertz, Fis2, jean113, pierrefonds, johnjmoe, COSTANTINO, papagolf21, pajaran, ikeharel, jhm, maloutim, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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Silvio1953 (191437) 2019-06-27 12:20

Ciao Piotr, great view of beautiful monument, excellent perspective, good clarity and fine details, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

deffra (565) 2019-06-27 12:21

Hello Piotr very interresting notes.

Ciao
Deffra

holmertz (83444) 2019-06-27 12:29

Hello Piotr,
This monument was erected almost two years after I visited P舐nu, which explains why I couldn't remember it. I should have seen it, because it's not a very big city. I found P舐nu quite charming, so I hope to see more. I like this plain and straightforward photo.
Best regards,
Gert

Tue (72072) 2019-06-27 12:39

Hello Piotr,
A very good photo of this sculpture of the famous man sitting quietly in the park in front of the green trees. Good composition and angle and the sunlight was pleasant.
Lars

Fis2 (142865) 2019-06-27 13:05

Czesc Piotr!
Moda na te laweczki zapanowala wszedzie...
W Ostrowie tez mamy goscia na rynku, ktory przy stoliku pije kawe. To Stefan Rowinski pierwszy burmistrz Ostrowa.
Dobre spojrzenie, ciekawa kompozycja.
Zasiadles na wolnym krzesle?
Pozdrawiam.
Milego wieczoru.
Krzysztof

jean113 (16163) 2019-06-27 13:43

Hello Piotr, I heard a talk about Faberge quite recently, it was fascinating. The skill and imagination to create the objects that they did was truly fantastic.
This is an unusual piece of sculpture, especially with the seats alongside, is it an open invitation to photographers?
Thanks for sharing.
The notes are very informative.
Regards Jean.

lousat (121153) 2019-06-27 14:59

Hi Piotr,i'm crazy of the eggs of Faberge',so this post and your note are very interesting to me! A beautiful monument dedicated to this unique artist,taken in a perfect way and useful book in the WS too. Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

pierrefonds (93705) 2019-06-27 15:04

Hi Piotr,

The trees are framing well the monument. The point of view is showing the details of the monument in the memory of Gudtav Faberge. It id clera and sharp. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Nicou (188656) 2019-06-27 19:42

Hello

fantastique ensemble et monument quelle image et vue quelles chaises et table et cet homme assis et la pierre � c� avec ce grand livre fantastique$
Bravo et amiti�
Nciou

COSTANTINO (93577) 2019-06-27 21:19

Hello dear Piotr and have a nice time
and a happy new day
original version
thanks for sharing this monument
dedicated to gustav faberge
thanks for your useful notes
I like this straightforward photo
regards
Costantino

papagolf21 (145238) 2019-06-27 22:50

Bonjour, cher Piotr,
Rendre hommage � cet homme illustre est une tr鑚 bonne chose.
De plus, j'aime l'originalit� de la sculpture.
Faberg� est un nom qui sonne la beaut�, le luxe, le savoir-faire, le summum...
Merci pour le partage.
Amiti駸.
Philippe

pajaran (92305) 2019-06-27 22:59

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dopbar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepom fotografijom u radionici, lepo pokazano, dobar kontrast, lepe boje.
Lepa skulptura.
Lepa fotografija i secanje na Gustav Faberge.
Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good day.
Nice view, interesting and dopbar text ...
Good work with nice photo in the workshop, beautifully shown, good contrast, nice colors.
Nice sculpture.
Nice photo and remembering Gustav Faberge.
I wish you a beautiful and successful day, all the best.

emka (139436) 2019-06-27 23:12

Cześc Piotrze,

A więc Parnu to jedno z miaast kte jeszcze odwiedziłeć płynąc promem. Pewnie będzie jeszcze Tallinn i moze Helsonki i Ryga.
Interesujacy pomnik. Ale wyglada raczej na pisarza, niż na jubilera. Mam nadzieje, że zobaczę jakies jajo.
M plecak juz czeka. Pozdrawiam

MAłgorzata

jemaflor (125857) 2019-06-27 23:38

Hi Piotr,
A statue well made, interesting attitude of the man, good angle to take the view, nice contrast of light with shades, tfs.

ikeharel (98920) 2019-06-28 1:57

Very known name to the luxury items industry, Piotr, now we see faces behind the name... only my humor, the picture has some bright light upon, merely a minor isuue.
Best regards,
Ike

jhm (191543) 2019-06-28 6:31

Hello Piotr,

The colours are fantastic, very nice statue of this extraordinarily man.
You create wonderful depth and perspective.
Lovely composition and perfect presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

Miguel82 (36100) 2019-06-29 3:13

Piotr, instructive note about Gustav Faberge. The sculpture represents him sitting on a chair, he is writing with ink. Two other chairs are placed next to him. Superb artwork in his native town.

jmdias (92113) 2019-06-29 11:52

piotr

I guessed he was russian or french. nice details of this sculpture paying homage to him, a famous personage of art of russia.

take care

jorge

maloutim (13227) 2019-07-01 23:27

Hi Piotrf,
I knew of the name Faberg�, but thought it was a French brand name for luxury items in fashion, perfume and jewellery.
So both your posts have taught me better. The Faberg� family WAS originally from Picardy, France (until the 17th century), but now I know they started their business in different parts of eastern Europe.
Lovely sitting statue of the man in the square.
Kind regards.

mcmtanyel (54727) 2019-07-02 21:56

Hello Piotr,
Nice view of this monument, it looks about life size. 👍🏻👍🏻
Regards,
MT