Mikhail Eisenstein

Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein with his wife Julia and son Sergei Eisenstein

Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein, (Russian: Михаил Осипович Эйзенштейн, 1867, St. Petersburg - 1921, Berlin), was a Russian architect and civil engineer. His paternal grandparents being German Jews, had converted to Orthodox Christianity, and his maternal grandparents were Swedes.^{[citation needed][1]} He graduated from the Institute of Civic Engineering in St. Petersburg in 1893. He was the designer of a number of Art Nouveau buildings in Riga (now in Latvia). He built several apartment buildings for State Counsellor A. Lebedinsky, including the ones at Alberta iela 4 (1904), 6 (1903) and 13, and at Elizabetes iela 10b (1903). His projects were characterized by decorative, odd-shaped windows, often with large female head shapes, bright glazed brick or ceramic plates, glass and metal tiles etc.

His son Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a well-known Soviet film director.

Gallery

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  Elizabetes iela 10b

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  Alberta iela 4

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  Alberta iela 2a

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  Strelnieku iela 4

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References

1. ^ Literary Encyclopedia: Sergei Eisenstein at www.litencyc.com

• History of Alberta iela 13

External links

• Buildings in Riga by Mikhail Eisenstein

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Name	Eisenstein, Mikhail
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Date of birth	1867
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Date of death	1921
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