Zinovy Moiseevich Vilensky
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Zinovy Moiseevich Vilensky (Russian: Зиновий Моисеевич Виленский)1899-1984 was a Russia
n sculptor worked and lived in Moscow
. Famous for his monumental portraits exhibited at landmarks of Russia such as Moscow
, Tretyakov Gallery
and many others. He was awarded Stalin Prize in 1948, Became a corresponding member of USSR Academy of Arts and got two People's Artist of USSR awards in 1969 and 1980.
Zinovy was born on 15(3) October 1899 in Korukovka, Chernigovskaya Gubernia. He finished the school at the Sugar Factory in Chernigovshina and then in 1914 entered Kiev Art College were studied till 1919 and before he had graduated moved back to his motherland, village Korukovka. He worked as a decorator in the theatre of Sugar Factory and also worked as a teacher of drawing in technical secondary school of Korukovka. Then he moved to Petrograd ( now Saint Petersburg
) and studied in Municipal free art workshops (Academy of Arts) preparing to enter Vkhutemas
. There were no places in the School Fine Art where he wanted to enter so he entered the School of Sculpture and studied there in 1922-1928. Among his teachers were Joseph Chaikov
, Ivan Efimov and Anton Lavinsky.
In 1930s he started participating in biggest art exhibitions while working on Portrait Busts and Monuments. He took part in the Exhibition organised in favour of 15 years anniversary of the Red Army
in 1933 with two works in plaster: "Recon" and "Patrol". His first famous works were: monument of Vladimir Lenin
in Azov, Portrait of Mikhail Kalinin
and Bust of Sergey Kirov
in Manufacturing plant "Dinamo"; Portraits of such well-known musicians as Konstantin Igumnov
(1939) and Alexander Goldenweiser
(1940).
During the World War II
Vilensky was working in metallurgical plant where he created his famous "Ural
Series" of terracotta sculptures (1941-1943).
Personal exhibitions:
1943, 1944 Perm
1955, 1967, 1975 and 1980 Moscow
After the war he lived in Moscow
where he died on 15 October 1984.
(1939) - Plaster - Tretyakov Gallery
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1949) - Marble - Tretyakov Gallery
Semen Alekseevich Lavochkin (1947) - Marble - Tretyakov Gallery
Stepan Elizarovich Artemenko (1948) - Bronze - Rasulovo, Odessa region
Ivan Harlamovich Mihaylichenko (1948-1949) - Bronze - Almazniy, Lugank region
Sergey Alekseevich Chaplygin (1950) - Plaster - NMM Zhukovsky
Bertrand Russell
(1966) - Bronze
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov (1970) - Bronze
Sergei Korolev (1981) - Marble
- Borovichi
Vladimir Lenin
(1957) - Bronze - Sochi, Russia
A P Vinogradov (1977) - Marble - Alley of Heroes, St.Peterburg
Sergei Korolev (1980) - Marble - Korolev, Russia
G P Svishev (1982) - Marble - Alley of Heroes, St.Peterburg
1948,
Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts 1966,
People's Artist of the RSFSR 1969,
People's Artist of the USSR
1980
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n sculptor worked and lived 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...
. Famous for his monumental portraits exhibited at landmarks of Russia such as 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...
, Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection,...
and many others. He was awarded Stalin Prize in 1948, Became a corresponding member of USSR Academy of Arts and got two People's Artist of USSR awards in 1969 and 1980.
Biography
Young Z.M.Vilensky |
Old Z.M.Vilensky |
Zinovy was born on 15(3) October 1899 in Korukovka, Chernigovskaya Gubernia. He finished the school at the Sugar Factory in Chernigovshina and then in 1914 entered Kiev Art College were studied till 1919 and before he had graduated moved back to his motherland, village Korukovka. He worked as a decorator in the theatre of Sugar Factory and also worked as a teacher of drawing in technical secondary school of Korukovka. Then he moved to Petrograd ( now Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) and studied in Municipal free art workshops (Academy of Arts) preparing to enter Vkhutemas
VKhUTEMAS
Vkhutemas ) was the Russian state art and technical school founded in 1920 in Moscow, replacing the Moscow Svomas. The workshops were established by a decree from Vladimir Lenin with the intentions, in the words of the Soviet government, "to prepare master artists of the highest qualifications for...
. There were no places in the School Fine Art where he wanted to enter so he entered the School of Sculpture and studied there in 1922-1928. Among his teachers were Joseph Chaikov
Joseph Chaikov
Joseph Moisevich Chaikov was a Russian Jewish sculptor, graphic designer and teacher, active both before the revolution and as a Soviet artist....
, Ivan Efimov and Anton Lavinsky.
In 1930s he started participating in biggest art exhibitions while working on Portrait Busts and Monuments. He took part in the Exhibition organised in favour of 15 years anniversary of the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
in 1933 with two works in plaster: "Recon" and "Patrol". His first famous works were: monument of Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
in Azov, Portrait of Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
and Bust of Sergey Kirov
Sergey Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
in Manufacturing plant "Dinamo"; Portraits of such well-known musicians as Konstantin Igumnov
Konstantin Igumnov
Konstantin Nicolayevich Igumnov was a Russian virtuoso pianist and the teacher of many famous Russian pianists.Igumnov studied under Nikolai Zverev, and at Moscow Conservatory under Alexander Siloti and Pavel Pabst. He took theory and composition courses from Sergei Taneyev, Anton Arensky and...
(1939) and Alexander Goldenweiser
Alexander Goldenweiser
Alexander Goldenweiser may refer to:* Alexander Goldenweiser , American anthropologist* Alexander Goldenweiser , Russian composer, pianist and teacher...
(1940).
During the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Vilensky was working in metallurgical plant where he created his famous "Ural
Ural
Ural may refer to one of the following:*Ural Mountains*Ural *Ural River*Ural Federal District*Ural economic region*Urals oil, a reference oil brand*Ural Automotive Plant*Ural-4320, Ural-375D and Ural-5323, Soviet and Russian military trucks...
Series" of terracotta sculptures (1941-1943).
Personal exhibitions:
1943, 1944 Perm
1955, 1967, 1975 and 1980 Moscow
After the war he lived 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...
where he died on 15 October 1984.
Notable Works
"Bust of A.P.Vinogradov" in St.Peterburg, Russia |
"Bust of G.P.Svischev" in St.Peterburg, Russia |
Sculptures
Konstantin IgumnovKonstantin Igumnov
Konstantin Nicolayevich Igumnov was a Russian virtuoso pianist and the teacher of many famous Russian pianists.Igumnov studied under Nikolai Zverev, and at Moscow Conservatory under Alexander Siloti and Pavel Pabst. He took theory and composition courses from Sergei Taneyev, Anton Arensky and...
(1939) - Plaster - Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection,...
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
(1949) - Marble - Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection,...
Semen Alekseevich Lavochkin (1947) - Marble - Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection,...
Stepan Elizarovich Artemenko (1948) - Bronze - Rasulovo, Odessa region
Ivan Harlamovich Mihaylichenko (1948-1949) - Bronze - Almazniy, Lugank region
Sergey Alekseevich Chaplygin (1950) - Plaster - NMM Zhukovsky
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these things...
(1966) - Bronze
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov (1970) - Bronze
Sergei Korolev (1981) - Marble
"Bust of S.P. Korolev" in Korolev, Russia |
Monuments
Sergey KirovSergey Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov , born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union. Kirov rose through the Communist Party ranks to become head of the Party organization in Leningrad...
- Borovichi
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
(1957) - Bronze - Sochi, Russia
A P Vinogradov (1977) - Marble - Alley of Heroes, St.Peterburg
Sergei Korolev (1980) - Marble - Korolev, Russia
G P Svishev (1982) - Marble - Alley of Heroes, St.Peterburg
Awards
USSR State PrizeUSSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize was the Soviet Union's state honour. It was established on September 9, 1966. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the prize was followed up by the State Prize of the Russian Federation....
1948,
Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts 1966,
People's Artist of the RSFSR 1969,
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Nomenclature and significance :...
1980
External links and Publications
- Listed in Best 10,000 World artists by Russian Artists Trade Union
- Exhibition Catalogue: Vystavka Proizvedeniy Zinoviya Moiseevicha Vilenskogo ("Zinovy Moiseevich Vilensky"). Academy of Arts and Union of Artists, Moscow 1966
- Book about Z. Vilensky: A.V.Paramonov, Moscow 1971
- Book about Z. Vilensky: Izobr. Iskusstvo, Moscow 1985
Book cover, Art calendar
"100 notable dates" 1978
Book cover, Catalogue
Exhibition of Z.M.Vilensky 1966