Mikhail Olenin
Mikhail Olenin | |
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| Михаил Петрович Оленин | |
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| Born | 25 April [O.S. 13 April] 1896 |
| Died | 4 November 1970 (aged 73) Moscow, USSR |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | sculptor |
Mikhail Petrovich Olenin (Russian: Михаил Петрович Оленин; 25 April [O.S. 13 April] 1896 — 4 November 1970) was a Soviet realist sculptor who made many busts of famous pilots and doctors.
Biography
[edit]He was born on 25 April [O.S. 13 April] 1896 to a Jewish family in Nizhny Novgorod. He was adopted by the singer Pyotr Olenin and took his surname and patronymic.[1][2]
In 1914 he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and later studied at Vkhutemas. His teachers included Sergey Volnukhin, Sergey Konenkov, and Anna Golubkina. He graduated from Vkhutemas in 1923.[1] He considered Mark Antokolsky Auguste Rodin and Vera Mukhina as his inspirations.[3]
Under the instructions of Alexander Golovanov, he made busts of Soviet pilots of World War II. He made busts of many famous pilots, including but not limited to double Heroes of the Soviet Union Aleksey Alelyukhin, Amet-khan Sultan, Vladimir Lavrinenkov, Alexander Molodchy, and Nikolai Skomorokhov. On 18 September 1945, a personal exhibition of his works were displayed at Central Officers' House of Pilots, showcasing 28 busts of pilots made by him.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Государственная Третьяковская галерея. Скульптура первой половины XX века [State Tretyakov Gallery. Sculpture of the first half of the 20th century] (in Russian). Moscow: Krasnaya ploshchad. 2002.
- ^ Balashov, Stepan (2008). Петр Сергеевич Оленин и семья потомственного гражданина, коммерции советника Сергея Владимировича Алексеева [Pyotr Sergeevich Olenin and the family of hereditary citizen, commerce advisor Sergey Vladimirovich Alekseev] (in Russian). Moscow: Oktopus. ISBN 978-5-94887-063-2.
- ^ a b Kuznetsov, V. (1970). "Три портрета" [Three portraits]. Sovetsky Voin (in Russian) (16): 30–31.
- ^ "Путь героя" [Path of the Hero]. Stalinsky Sokol (in Russian). 1 June 1946. p. 3.
Further reading
[edit]- Olenin, Mikhail (17 August 1945). "Встречи с летчиками" [Meetings with pilots]. Sovetskoe iskusstvo (in Russian). p. 2.