Sculpture “Fox and Beaver”

Technique: Porcelain, polychrome painting.
Size: Height 13 cm.

Sculpture “Fox and Beaver”. USSR, Leningrad Porcelain Factory (LFZ), author of the model B. Ya. Vorobyov, painted by I. I. Riznich. 1950s. Porcelain, polychrome overglaze painting. Height 13 cm. Marks: in blue “LFZ”. Condition: signs of use. A similar sculpture is published in the edition by N. S. Petrova “Lomonosov Porcelain Factory in Leningrad, 1944-2004”, St. Petersburg, Moscow, 2006, p. 333. Boris Yakovlevich Vorobyov (1911–1990) – sculptor, graphic artist, outstanding master of the animalier genre. One of the leading animalier sculptors of the Leningrad Porcelain Factory, Merited Artist of the RSFSR. In the 1950s he created a series of sculptures on subjects from the works of N. V. Gogol (“Dead Souls”, “The Government Inspector”) and A. P. Chekhov. He made a number of works in the portrait genre, as well as nudes. Participant in exhibitions since the early 1930s, including international ones. In 1958 he was awarded a silver medal at the World Exhibition in Brussels. Vorobyov's works are held in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Hermitage, the State Russian Museum and other museums in Russia, and in private collections in Russia and abroad. Ivan Ivanovich Riznich (1908–1999) – animalier artist, master of painting on porcelain. In 1926 he graduated from the art school in Pavlovsk near Leningrad. In 1927 the young artist began his creative career at the Leningrad Porcelain Factory. He worked here until 1956 as a porcelain painter and animalier sculptor, attaining the highest mastery in the techniques of overglaze and underglaze painting. In addition to unique works, he created a number of prototypes for mass production. In 1956 he was awarded a silver medal at the International Exhibition in Brussels for the painting of the service “Traps in a Hunting Reserve”.