Leo Lankinen

Cross of Sorrow

Leo Lankinen (Langinen) (Russian: Лео Фомич Ла́нкинен, Leo Fomich Lankinen) (13 July 1926 – 17 December 1996) was a Karelian sculptor and painter.[1][2][3]

His last work was the Cross of Sorrow, a memorial dedicated to Soviet and Finnish soldiers perished in the Winter War of 1939-1940.

Awards and recognition

  • 2006: Karelian State Prize in Arts (posthumously)[4]
  • Ilya Repin State Prize[3]
  • 1986: Full member of the USSR Academy of Arts[2]
  • 1968: People's Artist of RSFSR[2]
  • 1967: Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts, for the cycle "Мой современник" of portraits (<Сиркка>, <Спортсмен Миша Попов>, <Комсомолка 30-х годов>, <Помор>, <Тойво Антикайнен>) [2]
  • 1959: Meritorious Artist of RSFSR

The house in Petrozavodsk where he lived during 1960-1996 ( №16, ул. Куйбышева) bears a memorial plaque dedicated to him.[2]

In 2003 a collection Скульптор Лео Ланкинен was published, of memoirs of Zurab Tsereteli, Tair Salakhov, philologist Eino Karhu, sculptor Boris Plenkin, and others about the sculptor.[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ Калинин Е. С. Художники Карелии, Petrozavodsk, 2000, pp.150—151, ISBN 978-5-8430-0051-6
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Карелия: энциклопедия, (Karelia: The Encyclopedia) vol. 2, Petrozavodsk, PetroPress Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978-5-8430-0125-4
  3. 1 2 "Незабываемый Лео Ланкинен", Karelia, No. 61, June 8, 2006
  4. ↑ "УКАЗ ГЛАВЫ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАРЕЛИЯ", Karelia, No. 66, June 22, 2006
  5. ↑ Скульптор Лео Ланкинен ed. Zifa Yusupova (Зифа Юсупова), Petrozavodsk, 2003


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