Georgy Dmitrievich Lavrov (1895 - 1991)
Georgy Dmitrievich Lavrov
Georgy Dmitrievich Lavrov (Russian: Георгий Дмитриевич Лавров) was a Russian and Soviet sculptor of the twentieth century. He is known as a portraitist, monumentalist, animalist and representative of the Art Deco style.
Georgy Lavrov created propaganda posters at the beginning of his career in collaboration with poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. He then developed his style during a business trip to Paris under the influence of the French animalist sculptor François Pompon. Returning from France in 1935, he created the famous sculptural composition "Thank you Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood!". However, in 1938 the artist was arrested and convicted, served his sentence in the camps, and in 1954 was rehabilitated.
Lavrov left a significant artistic legacy.
| Date and place of birt: | 18 april 1895, Назимово, Russian Empire |
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| Date and place of death: | 29 august 1991, Moscow, USSR |
| Nationality: | Russia, USSR, Russian Empire |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Animalist, Artist, Monumentalist, Painter, Sculptor |
| Genre: | Animalistic, Portrait sculpture, Portrait |
| Art style: | Art Deco, Socialist realism, Contemporary art |
