Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (1908–1974) was a prominent Soviet sculptor and artist. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style, including The Motherland Calls, the largest sculpture in the world at the time.
Vuchetich was born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine), the son of Viktor Vučetić, of Serbian ethnicity, and Anna Andreevna Stewart, of Russian and of French descent. He was the people’s artist of USSR (1950), member of the Academy of arts of the USSR (1953), Hero of Socialist Labor (1967), the fivefold winner of the Stalin prize (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950). Educated at the Rostov art College (1930) and the Leningrad Academy of arts (1933). Worked in the Studio of military artists named after Grekov. In 1936 he executed an equestrian statue of K. E. Voroshilov and became well known to the ruling elite. In 1943 he joined the CPSU. The author of the monument to Soviet army soldiers in Treptow Park (Berlin, 1946−49). Yevgeny Vuchetich has created a number of sculptural portraits of Soviet military leaders and became the Russian favorite sculptor.
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Vuchetich was born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine), the son of Viktor Vučetić, of Serbian ethnicity, and Anna Andreevna Stewart, of Russian and of French descent. He was the people’s artist of USSR (1950), member of the Academy of arts of the USSR (1953), Hero of Socialist Labor (1967), the fivefold winner of the Stalin prize (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950). Educated at the Rostov art College (1930) and the Leningrad Academy of arts (1933). Worked in the Studio of military artists named after Grekov. In 1936 he executed an equestrian statue of K. E. Voroshilov and became well known to the ruling elite. In 1943 he joined the CPSU. The author of the monument to Soviet army soldiers in Treptow Park (Berlin, 1946−49). Yevgeny Vuchetich has created a number of sculptural portraits of Soviet military leaders and became the Russian favorite sculptor.
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich or assignee. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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| Mr Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich |
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| Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares |
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| Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares (Model) |
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| Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares (Model) |
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| Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares |
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| Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares (Model) |
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| 1960 - 1970, The Motherland Calls |
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| 1960 - 1970, The Motherland Calls (model Detail) |
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| 1960 - 1970, The Motherland Calls (model Detail) |
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| 1960 - 1970, The Motherland Calls ( Detail) |
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| 1960 - 1970, The Motherland Calls |
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| 1960 - 1970, The Motherland Calls |
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| 1960 - 1970, The Motherland Calls |
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| Bas relief Angriff der Deutschen |
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| Bas relief Heldenhafte Armee |
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| Bas relief Heldenhafter Kampf der Armee |
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| Bas relief Heldentod |
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| Bas relief Opfer und Leid der Armee |
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| Bas relief Zerstörung und Leiden in der Sowjetunion |
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| Eternal Flame in Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex |
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| Kneeling soldier |
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| Kneeling soldier |
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| Soldier with Little Girl (the model for the girl was Svetlana Kotikova) |
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| Soldier with Little Girl at Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park |
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| Soldier with Little Girl at Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park |
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| Soviet Union 1965 Coin, (20 Years of Victory over Fascist Germany) |
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| The Soviet Union 1968 stamp (25th Anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, 1943 ) |
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| Volgograd, the iconic Soviet city |
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| Volgograd, the iconic Soviet city |
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