Vera Mukhina
Vera Mukhina | |
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| Вера Мухина | |
Vera Mukhina; portrait by Mikhail Nesterov (1937) | |
| Born | Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina 1 July 1889 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 October 1953 (aged 64) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, 1936 |
| Spouse |
Alexey Zamkov
(m. 1918; died 1942) |
Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (Russian: Ве́ра Игна́тьевна Му́хина; French: Vera Moukhina; 1 July [O.S. 19 June] 1889 – 6 October 1953) 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.