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 ⓘ