Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin
Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikuschin ( Russian Михаил Константинович Аникушин ; born September 19 . Jul / 2. October 1917 greg. In Moscow ; † 18th May 1997 in St. Petersburg ) was a Russian sculptor .
Life
Anikushin, the working-class son of a large family, entered WS Bogatyrev's preparatory class at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1935 . In 1936 he studied further at the Leningrad Art Middle School with the sculptor Gavriil Alexandrowitsch Schulz and in 1937 now at the Leningrad Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture with the sculptors Viktor Alexandrowitsch Sinaiski and Alexander Terentjewitsch Matwejew . At the beginning of the German-Soviet War he joined the Opoltschenije and fought in the Red Army from November 1941 . In 1945 he continued his studies at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and graduated in 1947.
Anikuschin represented classical, traditional sculpture . He created a series of Pushkin - sculptures . His best-known work is the Pushkin Monument (1949–1957 with the architect Vasily Alexandrowitsch Petrow ) on the Arts Square in St. Petersburg. In 1962 he became a Real Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR . 1962–1972 he headed the Saint Petersburg Artists Association . From 1966 to 1976 he was a member of the Central Revision Commission of the CPSU .
Anikuschin was married to the sculptor Marija Timofejewna nee Litovchenko (1917-2003). He was buried in St. Petersburg's Volkovo Cemetery at the literary bridges.
The asteroid (3358) Anikushin, discovered by Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych in 1978, bears Anikushin's name. There is the Anikuschin art school in Kronstadt .
Honors, prizes
- Medal "For heroic work in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "On the 250th anniversary of Leningrad"
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1957)
- Lenin Prize (1958) for the Pushkin Monument on the Arts Square in Leningrad
- People's Artist of the USSR (1963)
- Order of the October Revolution (1967)
- Order of Lenin (1967, 1977)
- Hero of Socialist Labor (1977)
- Order of the Great Patriotic War II Class (1985)
- RSFSR Repin Prize (1986) for the portrait sculptures of the weaver Valentina Nikolajewna Golubewa , the worker Vladimir Stepanowitsch Tschitscherow , the prima ballerina Galina Sergejewna Ulanowa and the composer Georgi Wassiljewitsch Swiridow
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1987)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (1992)
- Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg
- Honorary doctorate from the St. Petersburg Humanities Trade Union University
Works
Pushkin Monument (1957), Arts Square, St. Petersburg
Lenin Monument (1970), Moscow Square, St. Petersburg
Monument to Defenders of Leningrad (1975), Victory Square, St. Petersburg
Friendship, Anikushin Square, St. Petersburg
Gravestone of the hero of socialist labor Pyotr Kupriyanov, Bogoslovskoye Cemetery , St. Petersburg
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Замошкин А. И .: М. К. Аникушин . Leningrad 1979.
- ↑ a b c d e f Heroes of the country: Аникушин Михаил Константинович (accessed March 18, 2018).
- ↑ ArtOnline.Ru: АНИКУШИН Михаил Константинович (accessed on March 18, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anikuschin, Michail Konstantinowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Аникушин, Михаил Константинович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1997 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |