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| {{picture|file=Photo107.jpg|size=400px|caption='''Ilya Gintsburg''' (1859-1939)<br/>With Tchaikovsky in December 1892 }}
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| Russian sculptor (b. 15/27 May 1859 in Grodno; d. 31 January 1939 in [[Leningrad]]), born '''''Ilya Yakovlevich Gintsburg''''' (Илья Яковлевич Гинцбург), also known as '''''Elias Ginzburg''''' (Элиаш Гинзбург).
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| He was raised in [[Vilna]], where his abilities found the attention of the sculptor Mark Antokolsky (1843–1902), who trained him at his workshop in [[Saint Petersburg]] from 1870. After touring Italy with his mentor, Ilya was entered into the Technical College, and then in 1878 to the sculptural department of the Academy of Fine Arts in [[Saint Petersburg]]. In 1886 he earned a gold medal prize and a first class degree. Following the revolution, he became the leader (1918–1921), and then dean of the sculptural department (1921–1923) of the [[Petrograd]] State Free Artistic Workshops. He was most famous for his monuments to prominent figures in [[Saint Petersburg]], but was also the master of smaller statuettes. The picture (right) shows Tchaikovsky posing for such a figurine in Gintsburg's [[ Saint Petersburg]] studio in December 1892.
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| One letter from Tchaikovsky to Ilya Gintsburg has survived, dating from 1892, and has been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 4813]]''' – 5/17 December 1892, from [[Saint Petersburg]]
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| [[Category:People|Gintsburg, Ilya]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Gintsburg, Ilya]]
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