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Leo Lankinen


Leo Lankinen

Leo Lankinen (Langinen) (Russian: Лео Фомич Ла́нкинен, Leo Fomich Lankinen) (13 July 1926 – 17 December 1996) was a Karelian sculptor and painter.

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His last work was the Cross of Sorrow, a memorial dedicated to Soviet and Finnish soldiers perished in the Winter War of 1939-1940.

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Awards and recognition

  • 2006: Karelian State Prize in Arts (posthumously)
  • Ilya Repin State Prize
  • 1986: Full member of the USSR Academy of Arts
  • 1968: People's Artist of RSFSR
  • 1967: Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts, for the cycle "Мой современник" of portraits (<Сиркка>, <Спортсмен Миша Попов>, <Комсомолка 30-х годов>, <Помор>, <Тойво Антикайнен>)
  • 1959: Meritorious Artist of RSFSR

    • The house in Petrozavodsk where he lived during 1960-1996 ( №16, ул. Куйбышева) bears a memorial plaque dedicated to him.

    In 2003 a collection Скульптор Лео Ланкинен was published, of memoirs of Zurab Tsereteli, Tair Salakhov, philologist Eino Karhu, sculptor Boris Plenkin, and others about the sculptor.

    References

    Leo Lankinen Wikipedia
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