Lev Matyushin

Lev Nikolaevich Matyushin - (Лев Николаевич Матюшин) (7 May 1932, Moscow — 30 September 2023 ) was a prominent Soviet Russian sculptor and artist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2011), People's Artist of Russia (2011).

Biography

 * 1960 - graduated from the Moscow Higher Art and Industrial School (formerly Stroganov), department of monumental and decorative plastic arts (studied with teachers: E.F. Belashova, G.I. Motovilov, R.R. Iodko, G.A. Shultz, V.I. Kozlinsky, S.L. Rabinovich.)
 * 1964 - member of the Artists' Union of the USSR (then - Russia).
 * 1990 - Member of the Board of the Sculpture Section of the Moscow Union of Artists.
 * 1993 - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
 * 1993-2013 - Associate Professor of the Department of Monumental Art at the All-Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
 * 2006 - Member of the Commission on Monumental and Decorative Art at the Moscow City Duma.
 * 2011 - People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
 * 2011 - Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Monumental works

 * 1964 - a monument in memory of the students and teachers of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy who fell in the Great Patriotic War (Moscow),
 * 1968 - monument to the “Soldier of the Great Patriotic War” (Podolsk), memorial ensembles dedicated to those who fell in the Great Patriotic War (three works), cities of Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Bukhara, Chirakchi.
 * 1982 - monument to the scientist G.F. Morozov (Khrenovoe village, Voronezh region),


 * 1985 - high relief panel “Theater” (Moscow, Druzhba cinema),
 * 1986 - monument to Ernesto Che Guevara (Cuba);
 * 2013 - memorial monument to musician Georgy Garanian (Moscow, Vagankovskoe cemetery).

Easel works

 * 1961 - “Boxer” (bronze),
 * 1971 - “Hand Ball” (bronze),
 * 1982 - “Winner” (Marble, State Tretyakov Gallery),
 * 1982 - “Venus” (bronze, State Tretyakov Gallery),
 * 1986 - “Boy with Dolphins” (forged copper),
 * 1990 - “Blinding” (tree),
 * 2007 - “K.E. Tsiolkovsky" (bronze),
 * 2010 - “Sitting” (stone),
 * 2013 - “Romance” (bronze).

Portrets

 * 1982 - poet A. Tvardovsky (bronze, Tretyakov Gallery);
 * 1986 - sculptor O.K. Komov (bronze, Tretyakov Gallery);
 * 1986 - sculptor V.M. Dronov (bronze, Tretyakov Gallery);
 * 1986 - sculptor Ya.N. Kupreyanov (bronze, Tretyakov Gallery);
 * 1986 - sculptor N. Kroshechkina (bronze);
 * 1998 - poet B. Pasternak (bronze);
 * 1988 - actor Mikhail Ulyanov (bronze);
 * 2004 - sculptor N. Niss-Goldman (private collection, bronze);
 * 2012 - Venetian boy (marble).

Quotes
Association of Moscow Sculptors: ''He devoted his entire life to art, social and teaching activities. His monumental works are in Russia and abroad. His creative works have adorned Moscow and Russian art exhibitions for decades. His continuation is his many students who will always remember him with gratitude.

Exhibitions
Sculptor Lev Matyushin has been a participant in Moscow, all-Russian and international exhibitions since 1960. His personal exhibitions were held in Moscow, Ryazan, Taganrog.

Museums
The artist's works are in the following museum collections:
 * State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow),
 * Murmansk Regional Art Museum,

as well as in other museums in Russia and foreign collections (Italy, Germany).

Family

 * Son - Andrey (b. 1965) (Андрей Львович Матюшин), architect, graduated from the Moscow MArchI (1989). Candidate of Historical Sciences, professor. Taught architecture at the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute. Member of the Moscow Union of Artists.


 * Son - Nikita (b. 1969) (Никита Львович Матюшин), artist-designer, in 1992 graduated from MVKhPU (former Stroganov College), has been working in the field of interior design since 1994. Member of the Moscow Union of Artists (1996). One of the founders of the design studio Poshinteriors (2014).