SCULPTOR

Vera Mukhina

1889 - 1953

Vera Mukhina

Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (Russian: Ве́ра Игна́тьевна Му́хина; French: Vera Moukhina; 1 July [O.S. 19 June] 1889 – 6 October 1953) was a Soviet sculptor and painter. She was nicknamed "the queen of Soviet sculpture". She was one of the members of the art association ‘The Four Arts’, which existed in Moscow and Leningrad from 1924 to 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vera Mukhina is the 47th most popular sculptor (up from 51st in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Latvia and the most popular Latvian Sculptor.

Vera Mukhina is most famous for her sculpture "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" which is a relief sculpture depicting a man and woman working in the fields.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Vera Mukhina ranks 47 out of 258. Before her are Eduardo Chillida, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Claes Oldenburg, Veit Stoss, Magdalena Abakanowicz, and Ivan Meštrović. After her are Paeonius, Tilman Riemenschneider, Andrea della Robbia, Alcamenes, Chares of Lindos, and Naum Gabo.

Most Popular Sculptors in Wikipedia

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Eduardo Chillida
1924 - 2002
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 41
Jean-Antoine Houdon
1741 - 1828
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 42
Claes Oldenburg
1929 - 2022
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 43
Veit Stoss
1450 - 1533
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 44
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 - 2017
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 45
Ivan Meštrović
1883 - 1962
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 46
Vera Mukhina
1889 - 1953
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 47
Paeonius
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 48
Tilman Riemenschneider
1460 - 1531
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 49
Andrea della Robbia
1435 - 1525
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 50
Alcamenes
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 51
Chares of Lindos
400 BC - 280 BC
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 52
Naum Gabo
1890 - 1977
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 53

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Vera Mukhina ranks 47. Before her are Taha Hussein, Günther Lütjens, Walter Lippmann, Hannes Kolehmainen, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, and John B. Kelly Sr.. After her are Hannah Höch, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Otto Georg Thierack, Li Dazhao, Richard Réti, and Lyubov Popova. Among people deceased in 1953, Vera Mukhina ranks 30. Before her are Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Lewis Fry Richardson, Hans Reichenbach, Alice Prin, and Vsevolod Pudovkin. After her are Nobuyuki Abe, Lionel Logue, Otto Meissner, Ludwig Prandtl, Ernst Zermelo, and Dylan Thomas.

Others Born in 1889

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Taha Hussein
WRITER
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 41
Günther Lütjens
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1889 - 1941
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 42
Walter Lippmann
WRITER
1889 - 1974
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 43
Hannes Kolehmainen
ATHLETE
1889 - 1966
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 44
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
PAINTER
1889 - 1943
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 45
John B. Kelly Sr.
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1960
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 46
Vera Mukhina
SCULPTOR
1889 - 1953
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 47
Hannah Höch
PAINTER
1889 - 1978
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 48
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1889 - 1968
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 49
Otto Georg Thierack
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1946
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 50
Li Dazhao
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1927
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 51
Richard Réti
CHESS PLAYER
1889 - 1929
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 52
Lyubov Popova
PAINTER
1889 - 1924
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 53

Others Deceased in 1953

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Kathleen Ferrier
SINGER
1912 - 1953
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 24
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1953
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 25
Lewis Fry Richardson
MATHEMATICIAN
1881 - 1953
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 26
Hans Reichenbach
PHILOSOPHER
1891 - 1953
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 27
Alice Prin
MODEL
1901 - 1953
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 28
Vsevolod Pudovkin
FILM DIRECTOR
1893 - 1953
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 29
Vera Mukhina
SCULPTOR
1889 - 1953
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 30
Nobuyuki Abe
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1953
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 31
Lionel Logue
ACTOR
1880 - 1953
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 32
Otto Meissner
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1953
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 33
Ludwig Prandtl
PHYSICIST
1875 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 34
Ernst Zermelo
MATHEMATICIAN
1871 - 1953
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 35
Dylan Thomas
WRITER
1914 - 1953
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 36