Boris Penkin. Kazakhstani sculptor. He was a teacher at the Almaty Art School. In 1929 his family settled on the territory of the commune of F. E. Dzerzhinsky, and as a child, Boris was fond of modelling. So, from the age of 7 to 16, Boris' childhood was spent side by side with the communards. Then he graduated from the school of seamen and during the Second World War sailed on various ships of the Black Sea Shipping Company, including the heroic ship ‘Kuban’. After the end of the war... далее

Boris Penkin. Kazakhstani sculptor. He was a teacher at the Almaty Art School. In 1929 his family settled on the territory of the commune of F. E. Dzerzhinsky, and as a child, Boris was fond of modelling. So, from the age of 7 to 16, Boris' childhood was spent side by side with the communards. Then he graduated from the school of seamen and during the Second World War sailed on various ships of the Black Sea Shipping Company, including the heroic ship ‘Kuban’. After the end of the war Boris's dream of becoming a sculptor came true. He lived and worked in Almaty, and when he came to Odessa, he created sculptural portraits of sailors. скрыть