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Veniamin BogolyubovSoviet sculptor
Date of Birth: 07.12.1895
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Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Naval Service and Artistic Beginnings
- Collaboration with Vladimir Ingal
- Independent Works and Post-War Contributions
- Awards and Recognition
Early Life and Education
Vasili Yakovlevich Bogolyubov was born in Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg Governorate, on November 25 (December 7), 1895. His father, Yakov Petrovich Bogolyubov, was a major general in the artillery, while his mother, Vera Veniaminovna, was born Kumbrukh. Bogolyubov studied at the Imperial Naval Cadet Corps, where he graduated in 1916 as part of the last main graduating class, which included the famed botanist Sergei Vladimirovich Golitsyn.
Naval Service and Artistic Beginnings
From 1917 to 1927, Bogolyubov served in the Baltic Fleet. In 1923, while in Kronstadt, he began studying sculpture under Viktor V. Lishev. He continued his education at the Higher Artistic and Technical Institute (VKhUTEIN) in 1930, under Lishev and Alexander T. Matveev.
Collaboration with Vladimir Ingal
In 1929, Bogolyubov began working in collaboration with the sculptor Vladimir I. Ingal. Their first joint work was a figure of Grigory K. Ordzhonikidze (1935-1937). They also collaborated on the two-figure composition "S. M. Kirov and G. K. Ordzhonikidze" (1938), and "I. V. Stalin and the Girl" in the Tajik SSR pavilion at the VSKhV (1939). They also created monuments to Vladimir I. Lenin in Riga, Leningrad, and Zelenogorsk, as well as to Nikolai A. Rimsky-Korsakov in Leningrad.
Independent Works and Post-War Contributions
In 1959, Bogolyubov created a monument to Alexander S. Popov, in collaboration with Vera V. Isaieva. Notable independent works include a marble portrait of Lenin (1947) and a statue of Marshal of the Soviet Union Leonid A. Govorov (1945). After the war, he created a series of sculptural portraits of Russian scientists, including Alexander N. Krylov.
Awards and Recognition
Bogolyubov was awarded the Stalin Prize of the second degree in 1941, together with Vladimir Ingal, for their sculpture of Grigory K. Ordzhonikidze.
