Alexander Bourganov

Princess Turandot Fountain, Old Arbat Street, Moscow (1997)

Alexander Bourganov (Born 1935) is a Russian sculptor, a National Artist of Russia, and a member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. His recent works include a monument to Alexander Pushkin located at George Washington University in Washington DC (2000); a statue of John Quincy Adams, the first U.S. Ambassador to Russia and later President of the United States, located in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2008); and a statue of poet Walt Whitman located on the campus of Moscow State University (2009).[1] In 2001 his studio in Moscow was given the status of a State Museum, known as Bourganov's House. His other works around Moscow include a series of fountains and statues on Ukrainsky Boulvar, near the Hotel Ukraine.

Bourganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and was graduated from Moscow State Artistic and Industrial College (now Stroganov University). He received a PhD. in art history.[2]

Chronology of the principal sculptural works of Alexander Bourganov

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Sources and Citations

  1. BIography provided by U.S. Embassy Moscow for dedication of Whitman Statue at Moscow State University, October 2009
  2. biography from U.S. Embassy, October 2009
  3. List of works taken from the Russian-language Wikipedia article on Alexander Bourganov

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