Ginzburg Ilya Yakovlevich

Born in 1860. in Vilna. Antokolsky drew attention to the artistic abilities Ginzburg, began to teach his sculpture in his academic workshop, and then took with him to Italy. Upon his return to St. Petersburg Ginsburg joined in a real school, then at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he was at Boca, and Laveretskogo Podozerova. Qualified class artist of 1 degree for the program: "Lamentations on the ruins of Jerusalem". In 1911, Mr.. received the title of academician. Works Ginzburg can be divided into four categories: 1) group and the genre of children's figurines (including the museum of Alexander III "The boy, . descends into the water "and" boy-musician "), 2) figurines, portraits of contemporary Russian scientists, . Writers, . artists, . musicians, and 3) work on abstract themes, 4) busts, . statues (Leo Tolstoy) and monuments (such, . VV,
. Stasova in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in Yekaterinoslav Pushkin, Gogol in Sorochintsy). He also wrote articles and gave lectures on artistic matters.