Sergej Merkurov
(1881–1952) Soviet sculptor (1881-1952)
Sergej Merkurov (1881–1952) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Sergej Merkurov belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
Sergej Merkurov was born in Gyumri and died in Moscow. Sergej Merkurov trained at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Sergej Merkurov worked in Switzerland, Munich, Paris, and Moscow. The awards include Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Painter of the USSR, and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
The best-known works include ‘Vladimir Lenin monument, Kyiv’, ‘Lenin monument in Lviv’, and ‘Stepan Shahumyan Monument’. The catalogue has 2 works by Sergej Merkurov with free images. The dated work is from 1911. Novodevitjekyrkogården holds at least one work by Sergej Merkurov.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Wenzel Hablik, Herman Kruyder, Abraham Anshelovich Manievich, Clifford Warren Ashley, and Nikolay Feshin.