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Order of Lenin
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Aleksandr Deyneka
1899-05-08 – 1969-06-12
Life & Legacy
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Дейне́ка; 20 May 1899 – 12 June 1969) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of the 20th century. His Collective Farmer on a Bicycle (1935) has been described as exemplifying the socialist realist style.
Occupation & Career
painter, poster artist, pedagogue, university teacher, sculptor, illustrator, photographer, graphic artist, teacher
Education
Kharkiv State School of Art; Vkhutemas
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; People's Painter of the USSR; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Lenin Prize; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"; Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; People's Painter of the RSFSR
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Hero of Socialist Labour · Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · Lenin Prize · Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" · Order of Lenin · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · People's Painter of the RSFSR · People's Painter of the USSR
Employer
Moscow Architectural Institute · Moscow State University of Printing Arts · Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts · Vkhutemas
Organizations & Memberships
AKhRR · Artists' Union of the USSR · October Group · Russian Association of Proletarian Artists
Education & Institutions
Kharkiv State School of Art · Vkhutemas
Verified Legacy Record
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Hero of Socialist Labour
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
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People's Painter of the USSR
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
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Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
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Lenin Prize
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
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Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
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Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
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Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
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People's Painter of the RSFSR
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q620483 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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