Yevgeny Vuchetich. Soldier with Little Girl
19 Mar 15
Soldier with Little Girl.
Bronze. Approximately 60 cm high. Cast in 1952.
Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (1908-1974) – Soviet painter working in the style of ‘Social Realism’. He was awarded the Lenin Prize, the Stalin Prize on five occasions, the Order of Lenin twice, as well as the Order of the Patriotic War. He was recognised as a Hero of Socialist Labour and as a People’s Artist of the USSR.