Viktor Korneev, an eminent Soviet and Russian sculptor, was born in Tambov in 1958. He received his artistic education at the K.A. Savitsky Penza Art School and later, at the Moscow Higher School of Industrial Art (formerly known as Stroganov), studying under the guidance of A.N. Burganov and Yu.P. Pommer. Korneev's masterpieces can be found not only in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, but also in various other Russian and international museums, as well as in private collections across the globe.