Andrei Drevin
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Andrei Drevin was Russian
sculptor. His parents were prominent Russian painter Nadezhda Udaltsova
and Latvian painter Aleksandr Drevin
.
As his father was executed by the NKVD
in 1938 and his mother became a persona non grata
in the world of Soviet art
, Andrei Drevin had found it difficult to establish himself as an artist. However he overcame and was well known in Moscow
due to his monument to Ivan Krylov
which was erected near Patriarshiye Ponds.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
sculptor. His parents were prominent Russian painter Nadezhda Udaltsova
Nadezhda Udaltsova
Nadezhda Andreeva Udaltsova was a Russian avant-garde artist and painter.-Biography:Nadezhda Udaltsova was born in town Orel in Russia. Udaltsova studied at private art studios in Moscow, then in Paris under André Segonzac....
and Latvian painter Aleksandr Drevin
Aleksandr Drevin
Aleksandr Davydovich Drevin was a Latvian painter.Drevin attended art school in Riga and first came to Moscow in 1914. He studied under Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin...
.
As his father was executed by the NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
in 1938 and his mother became a persona non grata
Persona non grata
Persona non grata , literally meaning "an unwelcome person", is a legal term used in diplomacy that indicates a proscription against a person entering the country...
in the world of Soviet art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, Andrei Drevin had found it difficult to establish himself as an artist. However he overcame and was well known in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
due to his monument to Ivan Krylov
Ivan Krylov
Ivan Andreyevich Krylov is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine, later fables were original work, often satirizing the incompetent bureaucracy that was stifling social progress in his time.-Life:Ivan Krylov was born in...
which was erected near Patriarshiye Ponds.