Nikolai Vasilyevich Dydykin – a Russian Soviet sculptor, in his youth a Palekh icon painter. He lived and worked in Leningrad for many years. Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR. Nikolai Vasilyevich Dydykin was born into a family of Palekh icon painters. From 1910 to 1915 he trained and worked in the icon-painting workshop of N. M. Safonov. In his youth he took part in the restoration of frescoes of ancient Russian architectural monuments, in particular at the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma. He then received his artistic education at the Petrograd (Leningrad) Art and Industrial College, which he graduated from in 1925. He studied under the sculptor Vsevolod Lishev. From 1935 Dydykin's works began to be exhibited at various exhibitions.
Among Dydykin's best-known works are monuments to Nikolai Nekrasov, Dmitry Furmanov, and Isaac Levitan. He also created numerous monuments to soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War, including the obelisk 'Eternal Glory' in Palekh. Nikolai Vasilyevich Dydykin died on March 18, 1975. Dydykin's works are held in the museums of Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and other Russian cities. In Palekh a museum-workshop dedicated to the sculptor has been opened, where part of his legacy is displayed.
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