Ivan Shadr

Sculptor

Birthday February 11, 1887

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Russia

DEATH DATE Apr 3, 1941 (54)

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About

Russian/Soviet sculptor and medalist who sculpted Stone as a weapon of the proletariat and Woman with an Oar.

Before Fame

He studied at the Artistic Industrial School in Yekaterinburg and at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in St Petersburg.

Trivia

He was born Ivan Dmitriyevich Ivanov and took his pseudonym from his hometown of Shadrinsk.

Family Life

His parents raised him in the town of Shadrinsk.

Associated With

His work can be seen at the grave of the second wife of Joseph Stalin.