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1888 Smolensk, Russia - 1975 New York City. Known for: Classical figure sculpture.
Sculptor. Born in Smolensk, Russia on Aug. 13, 1888, Gleb Derujinsky studied in Petrograd and in France with Verlet. Due to the Russian revolution, he decamped to the U.S. in spring of 1919. Settling... Read full biography
Sculptor. Born in Smolensk, Russia on Aug. 13, 1888, Gleb Derujinsky studied in Petrograd and in France with Verlet. Due to the Russian revolution, he decamped to the U.S. in spring of 1919. Settling in New York City, he soon was busy doing portrait busts. In 1936-37 he taught at the Stickney... Read full biography
Sculptor. Born in Smolensk, Russia on Aug. 13, 1888, Gleb Derujinsky studied in Petrograd and in France with Verlet. Due to the Russian revolution, he decamped to the U.S. in spring of 1919. Settling in New York City, he soon was busy doing portrait busts. In 1936-37 he taught at the Stickney School in Pasadena and for the WPA.(Works Progress Administration). By 1941 he was living in Hollywood, CA. He died in NYC in March 1975. Member: American National Academy. Exh: Sesquicentennial Expo... Read full biography
Sculptor. Born in Smolensk, Russia on Aug. 13, 1888, Gleb Derujinsky studied in Petrograd and in France with Verlet. Due to the Russian revolution, he decamped to the U.S. in spring of 1919. Settling in New York City, he soon was busy doing portrait busts. In 1936-37 he taught at the Stickney School in Pasadena and for the WPA.(Works Progress Administration). By 1941 he was living in Hollywood, CA. He died in NYC in March 1975. Member: American National Academy. Exh: Sesquicentennial Expo (Philadelphia), 1926 (gold medal); Barker Bros (LA), 1941. In: MM; Washington (DC) Post Office. CAS; CD; WWAA 1936-70; SS. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940
Sculptor. Born in Smolensk, Russia on Aug. 13, 1888, Gleb Derujinsky studied in Petrograd and in France with Verlet. Due to the Russian revolution, he decamped to the U.S. in spring of 1919. Settling in New York City, he soon was busy doing portrait busts. In 1936-37 he taught at the Stickney School in Pasadena and for the WPA.(Works Progress Administration). By 1941 he was living in Hollywood, CA. He died in NYC in March 1975. Member: American National Academy. Exh: Sesquicentennial Expo (Philadelphia), 1926 (gold medal); Barker Bros (LA), 1941. In: MM; Washington (DC) Post Office. CAS; CD; WWAA 1936-70; SS. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
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Sculptor. Born in Smolensk, Russia on Aug. 13, 1888, Gleb Derujinsky studied in Petrograd and in France with Verlet. Due to the Russian revolution, he decamped to the U.S. in spring of 1919.
Settling in New York City, he soon was busy doing portrait busts. In 1936-37 he taught at the Stickney School in Pasadena and for the WPA.(Works Progress Administration). By 1941 he was living in Hollywood, CA.
He died in NYC in March 1975.
Member: American National Academy.
Exh: Sesquicentennial Expo (Philadelphia), 1926 (gold medal); Barker Bros (LA), 1941. In: MM; Washington (DC) Post Office. CAS; CD; WWAA 1936-70; SS.