Bidspirit auction | * Sotnikov Aleksey Georgiyevich

* Sotnikov Aleksey Georgiyevich - Stalin votes.. Year: 1950. Technique: Glaze on porcelain. Size: h-25. Brand's mark ”ДЗ ДУЛЕВО” on the base, blue seal. * Sotnikov Aleksey Georgiyevich 1904-1989 Soviet animal sculptor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1978), one of the most significant ceramic artists of the 20th century, author of the Sokol emblem of the Dulevo Porcelain Factory, student of V. E. Tatlin. Since 1937 he began to participate in exhibitions. In the same year he was awarded a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris for the porcelain work “The Lamb.” In 1958 in Belgium he received the Grand Prix at the International Exhibition in Brussels for his work “Falcon”, “Chicken” and the fountain “Fishermen”. In 1962, his work ”Falcon” became the emblem, logo and stigma of the Dulevo Porcelain Factory. The works of A. G. Sotnikov are represented in many museum collections, such as the State Tretyakov Gallery, which collected a monographic collection of sculpture works in the 1980s directly in his workshop, the State Russian Museum, the State Museum of Ceramics ”Kuskovo Estate”