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Peter Ganine (October 11, 1900August 11, 1974) was a Russian-American sculptor best known for his work in ceramics and his chess sets. Ganine began his art studies in Russia. He spent five years as a trader in the Belgian Congo before coming to the US in 1931, on a scholarship to Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.〔 He settled in Hollywood in 1932, where he lived until his death.〔〔〔 His work was championed by longtime Los Angeles Times art editor and critic Arthur Millier.〔〔〔〔〔〔 He served as an aircraft patternmaker during World War II.〔 The subjects of Ganine's sculptures were largely people or animals.〔〔Ganine's various patents consistently show the figures of animals in the designs: * * * * * * * 〕 He patented many of his animal sculptures, which were then reproduced in plastic and sold inexpensively.〔〔〔 His most popular designs were a whale, which won a prize from the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art,〔〔 and an "upcapsizeable duck", of which over 50,000,000 were sold.〔〔 When Ganine gave human faces to chess pieces, he introduced "first major change of design for chess sets in more than a century." == Personal life == Ganine married actress Marguerite Churchill on June 5, 1954.〔California Marriage Index, 1949–1959〕 He later married a woman named Karin.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Ganine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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