The Tambov Regional Art Gallery houses the wooden sculpture “My Children” created by Tatyana Georgiyevna Welzen.
Tatyana Welzen (1930–1968) was a well-known Tambov sculptor. Throughout her brief life, Tatyana Welzen created many works in various genres and techniques. She mastered monumental sculpture and portraiture, small-scale sculpture and compositions, hammered silverwork and bone carving. Ceramic and wooden works occupy a special place in her legacy.
Tatyana Georgiyevna Welzen was born in 1930 in the city of Kattakurgan, Samarkand Region. She dreamed of becoming an artist since she was a child. She received her first art education at the Tashkent Art College while attending secondary school. She studied under Yan Kazimirovich Kuchis, who followed the outstanding sculptor Alexander Matveyev. After learning basic fine arts skills from the mentor and completing her third year at the college, Tatyana Welzen entered the Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Upon graduating from the institute, Tatyana Georgiyevna joined the sculptor Sergey Yefimovich Lebedev to work in Saratov, and then in 1960, she moved to Tambov. There, Tatyana Welzen, given her high-spirited attitude to life, became engaged in the activities of the local branch of the Union of Artists. Her works made even the most mundane motif sound deeply lyrical.
The presented wooden sculpture “My Children” is outstanding for the sculptor’s ability to convey the immediacy and accuracy of movements in a complex composition through the language of sculpture. Tatyana Welzen’s daughters — Natasha and Irina — posed for the work. Using this simplified sculpture, the sculptor managed to reflect the emotional and vibrant world of childhood. The theme of childhood is one of the most important in the sculptor’s works. Throughout her career, Tatyana Georgiyevna turned to the theme of children, and she created a whole series of clay and plaster maquettes made from nature.
Tatyana Welzen (1930–1968) was a well-known Tambov sculptor. Throughout her brief life, Tatyana Welzen created many works in various genres and techniques. She mastered monumental sculpture and portraiture, small-scale sculpture and compositions, hammered silverwork and bone carving. Ceramic and wooden works occupy a special place in her legacy.
Tatyana Georgiyevna Welzen was born in 1930 in the city of Kattakurgan, Samarkand Region. She dreamed of becoming an artist since she was a child. She received her first art education at the Tashkent Art College while attending secondary school. She studied under Yan Kazimirovich Kuchis, who followed the outstanding sculptor Alexander Matveyev. After learning basic fine arts skills from the mentor and completing her third year at the college, Tatyana Welzen entered the Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Upon graduating from the institute, Tatyana Georgiyevna joined the sculptor Sergey Yefimovich Lebedev to work in Saratov, and then in 1960, she moved to Tambov. There, Tatyana Welzen, given her high-spirited attitude to life, became engaged in the activities of the local branch of the Union of Artists. Her works made even the most mundane motif sound deeply lyrical.
The presented wooden sculpture “My Children” is outstanding for the sculptor’s ability to convey the immediacy and accuracy of movements in a complex composition through the language of sculpture. Tatyana Welzen’s daughters — Natasha and Irina — posed for the work. Using this simplified sculpture, the sculptor managed to reflect the emotional and vibrant world of childhood. The theme of childhood is one of the most important in the sculptor’s works. Throughout her career, Tatyana Georgiyevna turned to the theme of children, and she created a whole series of clay and plaster maquettes made from nature.
