Historical FigureFemale
Věra Ignaťjevna Muchinová
1889 – 1953
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryVera Ignatyevna Mukhina was a Soviet sculptor and painter. She was nicknamed "the queen of Soviet sculpture". She was one of the members of the art association ‘The Four Arts’, which existed in Moscow and Leningrad from 1924 to 1931.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 19, 1889
Riga
Date of death
October 6, 1953
Moscow
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
sculptorcostume designerfashion designertextile designerlecturertheatre designer
Awards & honours
State Stalin Prize, 1st degreePeople's Painter of the USSROrder of the Red Banner of LabourOrder of the Badge of HonourMedal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Notable works
Tchaikovsky MonumentWorker and Kolkhoz Woman
- Field and occupation
- sovětská sochařka
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