Anikushin Mikhail (1917–1997)

Anikushin Mikhail (1917–1997)

  • Mikhail Anikushin (1917–1997)

    The collection is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Soviet Russian native sculptor M. K. Anikushin, whose creative work was a state-of-the-art Russian sculpture of the second half of the XX century. The collection contains the digital copies of documents, letters, photographs, autographs of the sculptor, newspaper articles and other materials.

    •

      About M. K. Anikushin

      The collection opens with the materials about the life and work of the sculptor. Among these are the digital copies of the creative background and reference letter of M. K. Anikushin, an autobiography of his wife M. Litovchenko, and so on. The digital copies of the artist’s portrait photographs, the images of his family members and a wide range of people associated with him fairly complement an idea about the life and work of M. K. Anikushin. The section ends up with information about the state awards of M. K. Anikushin.
    •

      Correspondence

      The section includes the digital copies of M. Anikushin’s correspondence. These documents illustrate his professional appearance and public work. In particular, the sculptor’s correspondence related to the Pushkin theme in his work, including contacts with the director of the Pushkinskiye Gory of Mikhaylovskoye State National Park and Museum of Alexander Pushkin S. S. Geychenko as well as Anikushin’s letters to the descendants of Alexander Pushkin. Included letters reveal the versatile individuality of the master, his personal involvement into the processes going on in the society and fine arts, especially at the boundary between the 80’s — the 90’s of the last century.
    •

      Creative work

      The main works of M. K. Anikushin are presented in the documents and images of that section. The section opens with the materials about the critically acclaimed monuments to Alexander Pushkin, in particular, — the monument to Alexander Pushkin on the Ploshchad Iskusstv (Square of Arts) in St. Petersburg. The section contains materials related to the military monuments: the monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad, the sculptural compositions “Friendship” and “Mir” created for Nagasaki city, etc. Also, here is collected information about monuments and sculptural portraits of the prominent scientists and cultural figures, politicians and Heroes of Labor. The section ends up with a selection of digital copies of photographs taken in the artistic studio of M. K. Anikushin at different times.
    •

      Ensuring perpetuation of M. K. Anikushin

      The section contains digital copies of the articles and photographs dedicated to the memory of M. K. Anikushin. Of particular interest is the report on a small planet № 3358 named after the sculptor.