SCULPTOR

Sergey Merkurov

1881 - 1952

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Sergey Dmitriyevich Merkurov (Russian: Серге́й Дми́триевич Мерку́ров, 7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1881 – 8 June 1952) was a Soviet sculptor-monumentalist of Armenian descent. He was a People's Artist of the USSR in visual arts, an academic at the Soviet Academy of Arts, and director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts from 1944 to 1949. Merkurov was considered the greatest Soviet master of post-mortem masks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergey Merkurov has received more than 46,825 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Sergey Merkurov is the 176th most popular sculptor (down from 166th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Armenia (down from 50th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Sergey Merkurov ranks 176 out of 258. Before him are Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Charles Despiau, Antony Gormley, Walter De Maria, Tino di Camaino, and Jan Brokoff. After him are Ernst Neizvestny, Alina Szapocznikow, Maurizio Cattelan, Eva Hesse, Mark Antokolsky, and Eduardo Paolozzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Sergey Merkurov ranks 141. Before him are Alexander Kanoldt, Ernst Fast, Max Gerson, Henri Dentz, Yosef Haim Brenner, and Smedley Butler. After him are Edgar Leonard, Zoltán Halmay, Louis Bastien, Heinrich Burger, Aleksandr Gerasimov, and Gunnar Nordström. Among people deceased in 1952, Sergey Merkurov ranks 111. Before him are Italo Montemezzi, Teffi, Albert Bassermann, Alberto Hurtado, Elisabeth Schumann, and Artur Kapp. After him are Ernst Streeruwitz, Elmo Lincoln, Petros Persakis, Yakov Frenkel, Paul Neményi, and Solomon Lozovsky.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Sergey Merkurov ranks 52 out of 163. Before him are Vardan Areveltsi (1198), Artavazd Peleshyan (1938), Levon Aronian (1982), Hovik Abrahamyan (1959), Hovhannes Shiraz (1914), and Shushanik Kurghinian (1876). After him are Nicholas Adontz (1871), Momik (1300), Paruyr Sevak (1924), Tatevik Sazandaryan (1916), Vladimir Yengibaryan (1932), and Ofelya Hambardzumyan (1925).

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Among SCULPTORS In Armenia

Among sculptors born in Armenia, Sergey Merkurov ranks 1. After him are Ara Shiraz (1941).

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