
Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein with his family
Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein, (, 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. 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.
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