Alexander Ney (Russian: Александр Нэй) (born 1939, in Leningrad, Russia) is an American sculptor and painter. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e He immigrated to the United States in 1974 and has since lived and worked in New York. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Developing several individualistic styles in modern art, he is most famous for his unique work in terra cotta sculpture, involving heavily perforated surfaces and intriguing forms. History of Modern art Roots in the 19th century Although modern Sculpture and Architecture are reckoned to have emerged at the end of the nineteenth Terra cotta ( Italian: "baked earth" is a Ceramic. Its uses include vessels water & waste water pipes and surface embellishment in Building construction
Born at the outbreak of World War II, Ney's early childhood was entrenched in difficulty. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Two weeks before Ney became 2 years old, the Siege of Leningrad was launched, described by historians as the second most lethal battle in the war's tragic history. The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade ( Russian: блокада Ленинграда ( transliteration: blokada Leningrada The pivotal city’s rail connections were severed, cutting off all access to any food and power supplies. In the following winter that ensued, between two and three million civilians - including 400,000 children - died during the Leningrad Blockade.
After being given private art lessons at the home of influential Russian sculptor V. V. Lishev (1877-1960), from 1954 to 1957 Ney studied at the Art School of the Leningrad Academy of Arts, and later at the Art School of the Surikov Moscow Art Institute from 1957 to 1959. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, was opened by Count Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy The Moscow School of Painting Sculpture and Architecture (Московское училище живописи ваяния и зодчества МУЖВЗ was one of the largest educational Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ney befriended a wide number of progressive-minded art students, now stars of the contemporary Russian art scene such as Alexander Kosolapov, Leonid Sokov, Alexander Yulikov, Lev Nussberg and Vadim Kosmatschof. Leonid Sokov ((Леонид Соков is a Russian artist and sculptor Vadim Kosmatschof (born 1938 in Kaluga, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a sculptor and painter. His relentless efforts in creating strikingly new interpretations of art quickly made the young artist legendary amidst his peers.
From 1965 to 1967, Ney taught sculpture to children at the House of Young Pioneers in Leningrad. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Students included future Russian novelist Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990). Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (Mechik (Сергей Донатович Довлатов (Мечик September 3, 1941 - August 24, 1990)
In 1967 through 1969, Ney attended Art History and Theory courses at the Ilya Repin Institute. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, was opened by Count Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy He continued to perfect his skills as both a painter and sculptor, as well as an art theoretician.
Public collections
Notable collections of Ney’s sculptures, paintings and drawings are held at:
- Museum | Beelden aan Zee, containing the largest collection of international sculpture in The Netherlands
- The State Russian Museum, St. The State Russian Museum (formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III, while prior to that as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna Petersburg, Russia
- The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
- The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, USA
- The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, USA
External links
- Alexander Ney Official Site
- Mimi Ferzt Gallery Official Site
- Internet Movie Database Entry
- The Art Gallery at Psychiatry.com
- Alexander Ney in the J.J. Gueron Collection
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