Alexander Melamid
Alexander Melamid (1945–1945) was a Soviet painter, performance artist and installation artist.
Also recorded as Aleksandr Danilovich Melamid · Aleksandr Danilovič Melamid · Aleksandr Melamid · Aleksandr Danilovic Melamid
Alexander Melamid
- Born
- 1945 · Moscow.
- Died
- 1945
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Occupation
- painter · performance artist · installation artist
- Education
- Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry
- Known for
- I Saw Stalin Once When I Was a Child · Blindman's Buff
- Languages
- Russian
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Biography
Born at Moscow in 1945, died in 1945.
Alexander Melamid studied at Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry. The recorded working language is Russian. Works named in the authority record are I Saw Stalin Once When I Was a Child and Blindman's Buff. Work by Alexander Melamid is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Print Collection and Tate.
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