Sculpture “Tiger Cub”

Technique: Porcelain, painting.
Size: 14 × 12.5 × 11 cm.

Sculpture “Tiger Cub”. USSR, Leningrad Porcelain Factory (LFZ), author of the model B. Ya. Vorobyov, painted by N. M. Pavlova. 1957. Porcelain, painting. 14×12.5×11 cm. Marks: in brown: LFZ / 3 s. Condition: signs of use. 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. Nina Mikhailovna Pavlova (b. 1924) – porcelain painter. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation. In 1949 she graduated from the Odesa State Art School. From 1951 to 2000 she worked in the art laboratory of LFZ. She created painting prototypes for various wares for mass and serial production and carried out unique state commissions.