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sculptor

Alexander Bourganov is a Russian sculptor, a National Artist of Russia, and a member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.

Background

Bourganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and was graduated from Moscow State Artistic and Industrial College (now Stroganov University).

Education

He received a Doctor of Philosophy.

Career

His recent works include a monument to Alexander Pushkin located at George Washington University in Washington District of Columbia. A statue of John Quincy Adams, the first United States. Ambassador to Russia and later President of the United States, located in front of the United States. Embassy in Moscow (2008). And a statue of poet Walt Whitman located on the campus of Moscow State University (2009).

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. in art history.