Savva mamontov biography channel
Biography channel caddyshack!
Savva Mamontov (1841-1918)
Biography
Along with Sergei Shchukin (1854-1936) and Ivan Morozov (1871-1921), the railway magnate and industrialist Savva Mamontov was one of the top patrons of Russian art and culture, and a great source of support for Russian artists involved in all types of art.
Savva mamontov biography channel
One of the country's wealthiest art collectors, as well as a canny art critic, he was also a talented composer, and singer, and excelled at sculpture. He founded five commercial and industrial colleges across the Russian Empire, launched the Russian Opera Theatre - spending lavishly on scenery, costumes and other decorative art for his productions, from the leading theatrical painters of his day including Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926), Konstantin Korovin (1861–1932), and Alexander Golovin (1863-1930) - and went to enormous efforts to boost Russian culture in the area of music and ballet.
In addition, he was a generous sponsor of applied art, Russian crafts and various forms