Bust of Leo Tolstoy, sculptor Leonid Torich, early USSR.

Description: Bust of Leo Tolstoy, sculptor Leonid Torich, early USSR. Excellent condition for its age. Excellent preservation. Masterfully executed by sculptor Leonid Mikhailovich Torich-Trapeznikov. Torich-Trapeznikov, Leonid Mikhailovich (Torich-Trapeznikov, Leonid; 1913-1997) Years of life 1913-1997 (Biysk - St. Petersburg) Biography Father is a lawyer, mother is an actress, of noble origin. The parents lived in a civil marriage, so Leonid Mikhailovich bore his mother’s surname (Trapeznikova was his mother’s maiden name, Torich was her stage name). Torich graduated from a seven-year school in Ust-Kamenogorsk in 1929. In 1930-1933 he studied at the Omsk Art and Industrial College named after M. Vrubel, spoke German, French, and Kazakh. In 1934 he came to Leningrad, joined RABIS and at the same time entered preparatory courses at the Academy of Arts. In 1937 he was admitted to the sculpture department of the IZhSA. During the war he worked at TASS Windows as a poster artist. In 1942, he was evacuated with the Academy of Arts to Samarkand. He graduated from IZHSA in 1946 in the workshop of A. T. Matveev. Thesis: “The Gunsmith.” Works: monument to M.Yu. Lermontov in Gelendzhik (1954), A. Matrosov in the city of Chasov Yar (1955) and in Leningrad; V.I. Lenin in Tbilisi, a monument to the Red Guards at the station. Kuvannik of the Orenburg region, high relief “Soviet sport” on Kamennoostrovsky pr., 37-6, St. Petersburg; portraits of A.S. Pushkina, M.Yu. Lermontov, L.N. Tolstoy, M. Gorky, P.I. Tchaikovsky; decorative figures and a fountain in the Chaika sanatorium in Sochi (together with P.Ya. Yakimovich, 1955). He was an Honorary Citizen of Novoshakhtinsk for creating the sculptural design of the central square. Your parcel will be packed as securely as possible by me personally, assuming all possible risks during transportation: falling from hands, pressure from neighboring parcels from above and on the sides, rain, snow and similar force majeure circumstances. You do not pay anything for materials and packaging of goods, packaging material is at my expense, as a bonus. If you buy two listings at the same time, you are guaranteed to receive a gift based on the theme of your purchase, but at my discretion, depending on availability, which I will put in your package))). If you buy three or more lots at the same time costing more than $100 per listing, a total of more than $300, then delivery and postage are at my expense. If you buy three or more listings at the same time for less than $100 per listing, you can choose as a gift any of my listings that cost at least $1 less than the cheapest listing you bought from me.

Price: 114 USD

Location: Николаев

End Time: 2024-12-24T20:04:42.000Z

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