Grigory Danilovich Yastrebenetski
Grigori Danilowitsch Jastrebenezki ( Russian Григорий Данилович Ястребенецкий ; born October 29, 1923 in Baku , Azerbaijani SSR ) is a Russian sculptor.
Life
After graduating from the art academy, Yastrebenezki took part in the Great Patriotic War from 1941 to 1945 , in which he was wounded and was finally awarded. In 1951 he finished his studies and subsequently participated in numerous exhibitions and created monumental sculptures.
On what was then Leninplatz in Dresden , now again Wiener Platz , stood the 120-tonne Lenin monument made of red Karelian granite, which he designed and created in 1974. Following the festive unveiling of the monument on October 6, 1974, Jastrebenezki received the Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize from the city of Dresden. He also created the memorial for Russian concentration camp victims in the Neuengamme concentration camp memorial , as well as the memorial in the Soviet war cemetery in Hamburg-Bergedorf .
In 1975 he was awarded the Silver Patriotic Order of Merit in the GDR .
Individual evidence
- ^ Dresden and Saxony
- ↑ Bergedorf cemetery ... its memorials tell PDF, accessed on December 1, 2015.
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , December 4, 1975, p. 5.
Web links
- Brief biography of Grigory Yastrebenetsky (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yastrebenezki, Grigory Danilowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ястребенецкий, Григорий Данилович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baku |