Alaska-Siberia Lend-Lease Program Commemoratory Bronze Plaque 2002 Sculpture

Year2002

Foundry Signature w/ StampLower right 

Condition Excellent 

Purchased fromArtist 2002 

Story / Additional InfoPurchased from the artist. Plaque was commissioned by the Alaska-Siberia Research Center as part of the design project to commemorate the Lend-Lease program. The planned memorials were never built, but the plaque with the proposed design was made. Artist contract is available for inspection. 

Certificate of AuthenticityChemiakin 

LID55945

Mihail Chemiakin - Russian Federation

Art Brokerage: Mihail Chemiakin (Shemyakin) B. 1943 - Mihail Chemiakin Russian artist was born in Moscow and grew up in occupied East Germany. He returned to Russia in 1957 where he was admitted to the Special High School of the Repin Academy of Art in Leningrad. He was expelled from art school for failing to conform to Socialist Realist norms, and from 1959-1971 worked as a laborer in various capacities. In 1967, Mihail Chemiakin founded the St. Petersburg Group and developed the philosophy of Metaphysical Synthesism, dedicated to the creation of a new form of icon painting based on the study of religious art of all ages and peoples. Mikail Chemiakin is shown worldwide and is the Pablo Picasso of today. Art Brokerage is a major secondary market source for Mikail Chemiakin original paintings, prints and sculpture. Original paintings and Sculpture wanted