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Revision as of 15:34, 20 July 2006 by D C McJonathan (talk | contribs) (Full DOB & place of birth)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Gleb W. Derujinsky (August 13,1888 – March 9, 1975) Russian-American sculptor.
Born in Smolensk, Russia he was related to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov on his father's side and Michael Vroubel the painter on his mother's. He completed his law degree at the University of Petrograd to meet his father's expectations, but devoted his entire life to sculpture.
His artistic studies began in Paris at the Colarossi School of Art and at the Academie Julien where he was befriended by Rodin. He returned to Petrograd and continued his studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts where he received seven first prizes, the first to receive this distinction and was nominated for the Prix de Rome. This ended with the revolution and he emigrated to the United States in 1918.
His original sculptures in plaster done from life include, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev, Lillian Gish, Lady Diana Cooper, Rabindranath Tagore, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy and many others.
Derujinsky's works are in the permanent collections of major museums in this country and Europe as well as many churches and public buildings.
He died in New York City.
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