Bidspirit auction | Mukhina V.I.

Mukhina V.I. - Actor S.G. Koren as Mercutio in S.S. Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet”.. Year:  1950s (based on 1948 model) Technique:  Porcelain, overglaze painting, gilding, diverging pattern. Size:  h-41,8. Descripton:  On the base is the enterprise mark ”Д” (”D”) stamped in blue paint on bisque. Sculptor V.I. Mukhina; artist A.A. Yatskevich. Leningrad Porcelain Factory. Mukhina Vera Ignatievna (1889-1953) Sculptor-monumentalist, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR. Winner of five Stalin Prizes. Since 1904 she studied painting in Moscow in the workshops of K.F. Yuona, I.O. Dudina, I.I. Mashkova. In 1912, she went to Paris for two years, where she studied with the monumental sculptor E.A. Bourdelle at the Grand Chaumiere Academy. In 1914, she traveled around Italy, studying Renaissance sculpture and painting. In 1937, her monument “Worker and Collective Farm Woman” was installed at the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris, crowning the Soviet pavilion of the architect B.M. Iofan. For this sculpture, Vera Mukhina was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In 1939, the sculpture was installed at the northern entrance to the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNH). Also known as a graphic artist.