Aleksandr Matveyev (sculptor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAleksandr Matveyev (sculptor)
Russian sculptor
Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1878
Place of Birth: Saratov, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia
Date of Death: 22-Oct-1960
Profession: sculptor
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Aleksandr Matveyev (sculptor)
- Alexander Matveev (1878–1960) was one of the leading Russian sculptors of his generation, working in a simple, vigorous, modern classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France. As an artist of international reputation, he was made a leader of the Soviet sculptor's union until the 1950s when the younger practitioners of socialist realism finally replaced him.
- He was also a teacher for many years at the Academy of Arts of the USSR and the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where he had studied as a young man.
- One of his students was the Latvian Karlis Zale.
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