About Mikhail Olenin
Lived 1896 – 1970 (aged 74). Mikhail Olenin was a Russian sculptor.
Mikhail Petrovich Olenin (; — 4 November 1970) was a Soviet realist sculptor who made many busts of famous pilots and doctors.
Biography He was born on to a Jewish family in Nizhny Novgorod. He was adopted by the singer Pyotr Olenin and took his surname and patronymic.
In 1914 he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and later studied at Vkhutemas. His teachers included Sergey Volnukhin, Sergey Konenkov, and Anna Golubkina. He graduated from Vkhutemas in 1923.
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Who was Mikhail Olenin?
Soviet sculptor
When was Mikhail Olenin born?
Mikhail Olenin was born on 25 April 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod.
When did Mikhail Olenin die?
Mikhail Olenin died on 4 November 1970 in Moscow.
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Mikhail Olenin was a sculptor.
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Mikhail Olenin was Russian.
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