Education
State Academic Institute of Fine Arts Surikov.
State Academic Institute of Fine Arts Surikov.
His art was rooted in the traditions of national plastic art of his native Ossetia, in mythology and poetry of ancient Alanian culture. Later he performed monumental projects also, among them monuments to Alexander Pushkin (1999) in Neopalimovsky Lane, Moscow, and Osip Mandelstam (2008) in Voronezh. Lazar Gadayev died on 21 September 2008, on his 70th year and was laid to rest at Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
A large collection of Lazar Gadayev’s works has been collected in the Tretyakov Gallery.
The sculptor’s works can also be found in lots of private collections of Russia and other countries.