A sweet and childlike person in addition to his great gifts, he read practically nothing, spoke little, all his life was wrapped up in sculpture. As a convinced vegetarian he would not eat meat but cried: "Je ne mange pas de cadavre!" if anyone offered him some. In his studio in St. Petersburg there was a whole zoo: a bear, a fox, a horse, and a vegetarian wolf. Troubetzkoy once said “As I cannot kill I cannot authorize others to kill. Do you see? If you are buying from a butcher you are authorizing him to kill — kill helpless, dumb creatures, which neither I nor you could kill ourselves.” Personal life Troubetzkoy was married twice. His first marriage was to a Swedish woman, Elin Sundström (1883–1927) and his second marriage was to a British woman named Muriel Marie Boddam. His son Pierre died at the age of 2 1/2 years - he sculpted in the same year the sculpture "Maternity". Gallery Expositions Paris Expo 1900 (gran premio). In: AIC De Young Museum (bust of Michael de Young) Biennale di Venezia 1922. (37 works). Galleria Nazionale (Rome) WWAA 1938 The Troubetzkoy Archive Project The Troubetzkoy Archive Project provides a central database for the works of Paul Troubetzkoy. It was created by James Drake on behalf of the Museo del Paesaggio. See also Troubetzkoy References Further reading External links Paolo Troubetzkoy, images by Google Paolo Troubetzkoy exhibition catalog 1866 births 1938 deaths 19th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian sculptors 20th-century male artists People from Intra Russian male sculptors Paolo Vegetarianism activists Olympic competitors in art competitions