Romuald Iodko

Romuald Romualdovich Iodko (Russian: Ромуальд Ромуальдович Иодко; 3 December 1894 – 13 November 1974) was a Soviet sculptor, known for his works in outdoor sculpture in the style of Socialist Realism, such as Girl with an Oar and Children's Khorovod fountain; Meritorious Sculptor of the Russian SFSR.[1]

Biography

Born on 3 December 1894 in Slutsk, Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire,[2] in the family of an artisan.[3] He had a sister, Yelena, and brothers, Vitold and Adam (1893–1938), who was wrongfully executed, but subsequently rehabilitated.[3]

In 1912, Iodko entered the Imperial Stroganov Central Art and Industrial School, where he studied under the mentorship of S.S. Alyoshin, N.A. Andreyev and E.U. Shishkina,[2] then after graduating in 1918, he began to work at the first State Free Art Shops.[4] In 1919, he volunteered for the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, where he served until 1921, when he was sent on to continue his artistic education at Vkhutemas.[4] He graduated from Vkhutemas sculpture faculty under the leadership of his teacher, Boris Korolev,[5] in 1925, and was left as an assistant on scientific-methodological and pedagogical work.[4] Since 1926 he begins to participate in art exhibitions, and also became a member of artist societies, OST (1925–1927) and AKhRR (1928–1932).[2] In 1938 he was the head of the Union of Soviet sculptors, and the chairman of the Moscow Regional Union of Soviet Artists and Sculptors (MOSSKhS).[6]

Iodko performed mainly monumental decorative works for parks, embankments, stadiums, public buildings in Moscow and other cities, including Female Swimmer or Leap into the Water (1930), Children's Khorovod (1930) for the fountain, Victory (1935), Female Builder (1937), Girl with an Oar (1936–1937), Miner (1939), and Female Miner (1939).[6] He also created sculptural portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1940), Ageeva (1949), M.F. Stakhanov, and others;[2] indoor sculptures, like Portrait of a Man (1925) and Red Guard (1927).[5]

Early in his career as an academic, he had taught at the sculpture department in Vkhutemas-Vkhutein (1924–30), MAI (1930–41), MKhI (1937–47), and MIPIDI (1949–52);[2] holding a professor title since 1941.[5] In 1952, he became to work in MVKhPU, where he headed the department of academic sculpture from 1963 to 1974. For his achievements he was awarded the title of Meritorious Worker of Arts of the RSFSR in 1968.[2] Among his pupils were L.E. Kerbel, V.E. Tsigal, and S.D. Shaposhnikov.[2]

He died on 13 November 1974 in Moscow,[2] and is buried in Vvedenskoye Cemetery.[7]

Selected work

References

  1. ↑ "К 110-летию со дня рождения Р.Р. Иодко" [To 110th Anniversary of R.R.Iodko] (in Russian). Russian State Museum Burganov's House. Archived from the original on April 2, 2007. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Isayev, Pavel (2004). "Иодко Ромуальд Ромуальдович" [Iodko Romuald Romualdovich]. Строгановка: Императорское центральное Строгановское художественно-промышленное училище, 1825-1918 [Stroganovka: Imperial Central Stroganov Art and Industrial School, 1825-1918] (Biographical dictionary) (in Russian) 2. Moscow: Labirint. p. 170. OCLC 57145724.
  3. 1 2 "Йодко А.Р." (in Russian). Esperanto en Rusio. History of Esperanto in Russia and the Soviet Union. Biographies of repressed Esperantists, archival materials. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Иодко Ромуальд Ромуальдович" [Iodko Romuald Romualdovich]. 15 лет РККА [15 Years of Workers' and Peasants' Red Army] (Conference publication). Каталоги художественных выставок [Catalogs of Art Exhibitions] (in Russian) 35. Moscow: Vsekokhudozhnik. 1933. p. 81. OCLC 84294568. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Иодко Ромуальд Ромуальдович (in Russian). ArtRu.info. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Ежеквартальник русской филологии и культуры. Russian Studies. [Quarterly of Russian Philology and Culture. Russian Studies.] (Periodical) (in Russian) 2. Saint Petersburg: Pushkinsky Fund. 1996. p. 129. OCLC 32338266.
  7. ↑ "Romuald Romualdovich Iodko". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
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