Ilja Jakowlewitsch Ginzburg

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Ginzburg at the age of twelve on a painting by Repin (1871)

Ilya Yakovlevich Ginzburg ( Russian Илья Яковлевич Гинцбург ; born May 15 . Jul / 27. May  1859 greg. In Grodno , † 3. January 1939 in Leningrad ) was a Russian sculptor .

Life

Ginzburg spent his childhood in Wilna . It was there that the sculptor Antokolski discovered him in 1870. From 1871 Ginzburg learned from this famous sculptor, with whom he maintained a creative collaboration and friendship until his death. So Ginzburg made the ornaments for the throne of the statue Ivan the Terrible ("Иван Грозный") under the direction of Antokolsky . From 1878 to 1886 Ginzburg attended the Petersburg Academy of Arts. In 1886 he was awarded the large gold medal and the title of "First Class Painter" for his commissioned work, the bas-relief of The Lamenting Prophet Jeremiah over the ruins of Jerusalem ("Плач пророка Иеремии на развалинах Иерусалима"). Between 1900 and 1910, in addition to his main work on portrait statuettes and busts, Ginzburg also created a number of tombs (e.g. for Vladimir Stassow , 1908; and for his mentor Antokolski, 1909). From 1910 he created several larger monuments . From 1918 he was professor and head of the sculpture workshop of the State Workshops of the Liberal Arts in Petrograd. From 1921 to 1923 he was the dean of the sculpture faculty of the Wchutemas .

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Classification of the work

Ginzburg's work can be divided into four groups:

  • Genre-like statuettes on children's subjects (e.g. "Мальчик-музыкант", The Young Musician , 1890)
  • Portrait statuettes made of bronze and plaster of modern Russian scholars, writers, painters and musicians (e.g. "В. В. Верещагин за работой”, WW Vereschagin at work , 1892, Tretyakov Gallery ; , MM Antokolski at the workbench , 1897).
  • Working on abstract subjects
  • Busts, statues and monuments

Important monuments

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personal data
SURNAME Ginzburg, Ilja Jakowlewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Гинцбург, Илья Яковлевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Grodno
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1939
Place of death Leningrad