Ernst Neizvestny

Neizvestny, Ernst





Ernst Neizvestny was born April 9 1925 BirthSverdlovsk, Ural Mountains, Russia.
Lives and works in HomeNew York City, USA.

Categories: Sculpture Objects Printmakers Soviet Nonconformism

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"I think of sculpture not as a person, animal or other natural or geometrical form situated in space: the sculpture contains within itself a dialogue between spirit and flesh."
…He was apprenticed to many masters such as Vuchetich, Tomsky and Kerbel. ‘Only now am I beginning to appreciate what I learned then’, admitted Neizvestny. ‘In those years’, he added, ‘I had no differences with the school.
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Despite honors and privileges bestowed on him by the Soviet government, Ernst preferred to have the freedom to work openly on the themes of his choice. In 1976, he was finally allowed to leave his homeland of Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg) in the Ural Mountains. He now resides in the United States…
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