Zinovy Vilensky

Zinovy Vilensky
Зиновий Виленский
Born
Zalman Moiseyevich Vilensky

(1899-10-15)October 15, 1899
DiedOctober 13, 1984(1984-10-13) (aged 84)
Moscow, USSR
NationalityRussian
Known forSculpture
MovementMonumental sculpture portraits
AwardsPeople's Painter of the USSR (1980)

Zinovy or Zalman Moiseyevich Vilensky (Russian: Зиновий Моисеевич Виленский, 1899–1984) was a Soviet and Russian sculptor worked and lived in Moscow. Famous for his monumental portraits exhibited at landmarks of Russia such as Moscow, Tretyakov Gallery and many others. He was awarded Stalin Prize in 1948, Became a corresponding member of USSR Academy of Arts and a People's Painter of the USSR in 1980.