Leo Lankinen

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]

Cross of Sorrow

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. Карелия: энциклопедия, (Karelia: The Encyclopedia) vol. 2, Petrozavodsk, PetroPress Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978-5-8430-0125-4
  3. "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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