Ernst Neizvestny

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Ernst Neizvestny was a prominent Russian-American sculptor and artist known for his monumental, expressive works and his outspoken stance against Soviet artistic repression.

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Ernst Neizvestny canonical 3

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instanceOf human
painter
sculptor
awardReceived Order of the Red Star
buriedAt Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Russia
Soviet Union
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1925-04-09
dateOfDeath 2016-08-09
describedBySource known for outspoken criticism of Soviet cultural policy
educatedAt Academy of Fine Arts in Riga
Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute
emigratedTo Switzerland
United States of America
ethnicGroup Russian
familyName Neizvestny
fieldOfWork memorial art
public monuments
genre memorial sculpture
monumental art
givenName Ernst
languageOfWorkOrName English
Russian
movement expressionism
linked to: Expressionism

modernism
notableEvent public confrontation with Nikita Khrushchev over modern art in 1962
notableFor expressive figurative works
monumental sculpture
opposition to Soviet artistic repression
notableWork Lotus Flower sculpture in Egypt
Mask of Sorrow
Tombstone of Nikita Khrushchev at Novodevichy Cemetery
Tree of Life sculptures
occupation artist
sculptor
participantIn World War II
placeOfBirth Russian SFSR
Sverdlovsk
placeOfDeath New York City
residence New York City
sexOrGender male
style monumental expressionist sculpture
workLocation Moscow
New York City
Zurich

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Mask of Sorrow architect Ernst Neizvestny
Mask of Sorrow designer Ernst Neizvestny
Mask of Sorrow sculptor Ernst Neizvestny