The outstanding sculptor Evgeny Aleksandrovich Lanceray (1848-1886) would have turned 167 years old in September 2016. Lanceray studied law, he did not have special art education, nevertheless is well known as a brilliant sculptor-animalist. In 1869 Imperial Arts Academy ranked Lanceray as the prominent artist of the 2^nd degree, later the rank was raised up to the 1^st degree. Horses became the favorite theme for the artist. Lanceray depicted horses so perfectly and precisely that many well-known manufacturers, such as Chopin, Sazikov and Grachev had acquired the right for replication of his sculptures. When the sculptor was 37 years old, he got sick with a consumption, but did not stop working up to the death, at the age of 40. Sculpture compositions demonstrating Lanceray’s favorite images of horses are exhibited in the museum Collection.

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