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A large vintage Russian Soviet hand painted glazed ceramic figure. The figure represents a standing Kolkhoz woman in a green dress with a basket of grapes on her shoulder. Titled in Russian and labeled on the bottom. The original of this sculpture stood in Moscow at the opening of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (now VDNKh) in 1939. This is one of the porcelain or ceramic figurines created based on real monumental sculptures installed on the territory of the exhibition. The sculpture Kolkhoz Woman with Grapes was created by Ivan Dmitrievich Shadr. Note: Ivan Dmitrievich Shadr, 1887 - 1941, was an outstanding Soviet sculptor, a representative of socialist realism. One of the founders of Soviet monumental sculpture. He is also known for his famous work Cobblestone - the weapon of the proletariat. Studied at the Artistic Industrial School in Yekaterinburg from 1903 to 1907, and from 1907 to 1908 at the Drawing School of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in St Petersburg where the famous Nicholas Roerich was his teacher. He furthered his education under Auguste Rodin and Emile-Antoine Bourdelle in Paris, 1910 to 1911, and in Rome, 1911 to 1912. From 1914 to 1917, he worked for the film industrialist Aleksandr Khanzhonkov. After the 1917 Revolution he was an active participant in the execution of the Monumental Propaganda Plan, in particular, he sculptured reliefs depicting the Socialist ideological leaders Karl Marx, Karl Liebknecht, and Rosa Luxemburg, as well as some sixteen separate monuments to Vladimir Lenin. In the 1920s, Shadr together with sculptor Piotr Tayozhny came up with one of the first designs of the Order of Lenin, the highest Soviet award.. USSR Decorative Collectibles, Figures And Figurines For Home Decor.

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