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Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (28 December [O.S. 15 December] 1908–12 April 1974) (Russian: Евгений Викторович Вучетич) was a prominent Soviet sculptor and artist. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style.
Vuchetich was born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine), the son of Viktor Vučetić, of Serbian ethnicity, and Anna Andreevna Stewart, a Russian of French descent.
He was a prominent representative of the Socialist Realism style and was awarded with the Lenin Prize in 1970, the Stalin Prize (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950), Order of Lenin (twice), Order of the Patriotic War (2nd degree), Hero of Socialist Labor (1967) and People's Artist of the USSR (1959).
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The earliest-known mention of the concept is in Benjamin Disraeli's novel The Young Duke (1831). Disraeli's protagonist, the Duke of St. James, attends a horse race with a surprise finish: "A dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph."
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The Motherland Calls. Bronze on original wooden base. 61cm high. Executed in the 1960. Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (1908-1974) – Soviet painter working in the style of ‘Social Realism’. He was awarded the Lenin Prize, the Stalin Prize on five occasions, the Order of Lenin twice, as well as the Order of the Patriotic War. He was recognised as a Hero of Socialist Labour and as a People’s Artist of the USSR.
Soldier with Little Girl. Bronze. Approximately 60 cm high. Cast in 1952. Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (1908-1974) – Soviet painter working in the style of ‘Social Realism’. He was awarded the Lenin Prize, the Stalin Prize on five occasions, the Order of Lenin twice, as well as the Order of the Patriotic War. He was recognised as a Hero of Socialist Labour and as a People’s Artist of the USSR.
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The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт! Rodina-Mat' zovyot!), also called Homeland-Mother, Homeland-Mother Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin, and declared the largest statue in the world in 1967. Today, it is the tallest statue of a woman in the world, not including pedestals. Compared with the later higher statues, The Motherland Calls is significantly more complex from an engineering point of view, due to its characteristic posture with a sword raised high in the right hand and the left hand extended in a calling gesture. The technology behind the hollow statue is based on a c...
The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт! Rodina-Mat' zovyot!), also called Mother Motherland, Mother Motherland Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin, and declared the largest statue in the world in 1967. It is the most recent non-religious statue to be declared the largest. Compared with the later higher statues, The Motherland Calls is significantly more complex from an engineering point of view, due to its characteristic posture with a sword raised high in the right hand and the left hand extended in a calling gesture. The technology behind the statue is based on a combination of p...
«Η Πατρίδα καλεί», που ονομάζεται επίσης «Μητέρα Πατρίδα», «Η Μητέρα Πατρίδα σε καλεί», απλά «Πατρίδα», ή «Το Μνημείο της Μητέρας», είναι ένα άγαλμα στο Mamaye Kurgan στην Volgograd ,Ρωσία , τιμώντας τη Μάχη του Στάλινγκραντ. Σχεδιάστηκε από τον γλύπτη Yevgeny Vuchetich και τον μηχανικό Νικολάι Νικίτιν, και κηρύχτηκε το μεγαλύτερο άγαλμα του κόσμου το 1967 σε σύγκριση με τα μετέπειτα υψηλότερα αγάλματα. Το «Ηπατρίδα καλεί» είναι πολύ πιο σύνθετο από μηχανικής απόψεως, εξαιτίας της χαρακτηριστικής στάση του με ένα σπαθί ψηλά στο δεξί χέρι και το αριστερό χέρι να εκτείνεται σε μια κληση σαν χειρονομία. Η τεχνολογία πίσω από το άγαλμα βασίζεται σε ένα συνδυασμό με σκυρόδερμα και συρματόσχοινα , μια λύση που βρίσκεται και σε ένα άλλο έργο του Nikitin του, το σούπερ-ψηλό Ostankino Πύργο ...
The Motherland Calls, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin. Declared the largest statue in the world in 1967, it is the last non-religious statue to be declared the largest; every record holder since has been a Buddhism-related sculpture. Compared to the later higher statues, The Motherland Calls is significantly more complex from an engineering point of view, due to its characteristic posture with a sword raised high in the right hand and the left hand extended in a calling gesture. The technology behind the statue is based on a combination of prestressed concrete with wire ropes structure, a solution which can be found also ...
The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт! ), also called Mother Motherland, Mother Motherland Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin. Declared the largest statue in the world in 1967, it is the last non-religious statue to be declared the largest; every record holder since has been a Buddhism-related sculpture.
Built in 1949 and designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich, this touching monument is located in Treptower Park, Berlin
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