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Aleksandr Rukavishnikov

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Aleksandr Yulianovich Rukavishnikov
Rukavishnikov in 2021
Born(1950-10-02)2 October 1950
Alma materSurikov Moscow Art Institute
Known forSculpture
MovementRealism
Awards

Aleksandr Yulianovich Rukavishnikov (Russian: Александр Иулианович Рукавишников; born 2 October 1950) is a Russian sculptor.

Biography

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Alexander Yulianovich Rukavishnikov was born to a family of sculptors Yulian Rukavishnikov and A. N. Filippova. Alexander Iulianovich is the third in a dynasty of hereditary sculptors. In 1974 he graduated with honors from the Surikov Moscow Art Institute (workshop of Lev Kerbel). For his thesis “Northern Fisherman” he receives a diploma with honors.[1][2][3]

In 1984 he was awarded the honorary title “Honored Artist of the RSFSR”.[1]

From 1986 to 1991 he was Secretary of the Board of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Since 1993, he has been the head of the Department of Sculpture at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute.[2] In 1997 he was elected a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts.[1]

Rukavishnikov is a regular participant in all-Russian and international art exhibitions. Rukavishnikov's personal exhibitions were held at the Central House of Artists and in the halls of the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow, at the Nassau Museum of Contemporary Art (USA), at the Dielemann Gallery (Belgium) and in other museums and exhibition halls around the world.[4]

The works of Rukavishnikov are kept in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Ludwig Museum, Siemens, Hermes, John Wilson, and numerous private and corporate collections.[4]

In 2012, the Workshop of Alexander Rukavishnikov opened on Zemlyanoy Val.[2]

In 2022, Rukavishnikov was appointed chief artist of the Moscow Theater of Oleg Tabakov.[2][5]

On March 11, 2014, he signed an appeal from cultural figures of the Russian Federation in support of the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the War in Donbas.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Рукавишников Александр биография". www.art-katalog.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  2. ^ a b c d "Рукавишников, Александр Иулианович". ТАСС. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ^ "СКУЛЬПТОР АЛЕКСАНДР РУКАВИШНИКОВ". Рамблер/новости (in Russian). 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  4. ^ a b "Потомок Рукавишниковых удивлен: почему родовое имение в Подвязье передали РПЦ (фото, видео)". Новости NN.RU (in Russian). 2017-07-28. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  5. ^ "Академик РАХ Александр Рукавишников назначен на должность главного художника Театра Олега Табакова". www.rah.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  6. ^ "Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму" (in Russian). Ministry of Culture of Russia.
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