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Isaak Abramovich Mendelevich (Russian: Исаак Абрамович Менделевич; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1887 – 9 September 1952) was a Soviet realist sculptor who made many statues of famous Soviet politicians, artists, and military figures.
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Исаак Абрамович Менделевич | |
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Born | 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1887 |
Died | 9 September 1952 Moscow, USSR |
Citizenship | Russian Empire, Soviet Union |
Occupation | sculptor |
Awards | Stalin Prize |
Mendelevich was born on 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1887 to a Jewish family in Moscow.[1] In Russia, he studied under the famous sculptors Konstantin Krakht and Anna Golubkina.[2] He then went to Paris to study sculpting from 1909 to 1911.[3] He returned to Moscow in 1911.[4]
He was a member of the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia.[5] After the October Revolution he participated in the project for development of Soviet sculpture art and worked on a sculpture of Victor Hugo.[4]
He made sculptures depicting many famous people of the Soviet Union, including Vladimir Lenin, Mikhail Frunze, Yakov Sverdlov, Alexander Pushkin, Maxim Gorky, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Mikhail Lermontov, Sergey Chaplygin, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Mikhail Tarkhanov, Akaki Khorava, Ivan Moskvin, Prov Sadovsky, Valery Chkalov, Mikhail Gromov, and Vladimir Lavrinenkov.[6][7][8][9]
He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1942 for his statue of Hero of the Soviet Union pilot Valery Chkalov.[10]
He died in Moscow on 9 September 1952.[1]
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