Sculpture “Brown Bear”

Technique: Porcelain, painting.
Size: Height 10.5 cm.

Sculpture “Brown Bear”. USSR, Leningrad Porcelain Factory (LFZ), author of the model B. Ya. Vorobyov. 1955. Porcelain, painting. Height 10.5 cm. Marks: in blue: LFZ (the letter L is partially rubbed off). 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 nude models. 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 of Russia, and in private collections in Russia and abroad.