Mosaic Tiles Hockey Artwork - Ice Hockey Players 1960

Artist - A. A. Дейне́ка / Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deineka (Deyneka)

His mosaics are a feature of Mayakovskaya metro station in Moscow.

The main themes of Deineka’s creativity were industrialization, sport, and revolutionary history.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deineka - Born May 20, 1899 in Kursk, Russian Empire - Died June 12, 1969, in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Soviet painter, graphic artist, mosaicist and sculptor. People’s Artist of the USSR (1963). Member of the Academy of Arts from 1947; vice-president of the Academy of Arts from 1962 to 1966. Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). Member of the CPSU from 1960.

Deineka has been awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and various medals.