N. V. Dydykin Museum-Workshop

About museum

\r\nNikolai Vasilievich Dydykin was a renowned sculptor, restorer, and Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR. He was born into a family of hereditary Palekh icon painters on December 30, 1894. In 1920 he attended agit-sculpture courses in Moscow under the direction of M. G. Manizer and graduated from the Leningrad Art and Industrial College. In 1933 he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR. Nikolai Vasilievich was known for his portraits of A. M. Gorky, S. M. Kirov, and A. S. Pushkin, and for the sculptural groups "Woman Tying Sheaves" and "Wounded Fighter". He also created a monument to A. S. Pushkin on the Moika Embankment. During the Great Patriotic War Dydykin was part of the team of restorers working on the restoration of the Peterhof palace ensemble. He was also fascinated by the figure of Andrei Rublev and created several works on this theme. In 1978 a memorial museum of the sculptor was opened, exhibiting more than one hundred works by N. V. Dydykin, including portraits and busts of poets, writers, composers, scientists, cosmonauts, and artists.