Alexandru Plămădeală
Alexandru Plamădeală (9 October 1888 – 15 April 1940) was a Moldovan sculptor. He was the artist responsible for the creation of the Stephen the Great Monument in Chișinău (1927). He graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
Alexandru Plămădeală
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- Name
- Alexandru Plamădeală
- Born
- 9 October 1888
- Birthplace
- Sectorul Buiucani, Chișinău, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- 15 April 1940
- Place of death
- Chișinău, Kingdom of Romania
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Romania
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist
- Education
- Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture and Architecture
- Teachers
- Volodymyr Fulgentovich Okushko
- Known for
- Stephen the Great Monument
- Languages
- Romanian
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Biography
Biography
Alexandru Plamădeală married Olga Suceveanu on September 19, 1923. He died in Chișinău in 1940.
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Alexandru Plămădeală died on 15 June 1940.
Alexandru Plămădeală studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Training under Volodymyr Fulgentovich Okushko is recorded. Yakov Averbukh is recorded as having studied under Alexandru Plămădeală. The recorded working language is Romanian. Works named in the authority record are Stephen the Great Monument. Work by Alexandru Plămădeală is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Fine Arts.
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• Name — Alexandru Plamădeală • Born — 9 October 1888 • Birthplace — Sectorul Buiucani, Chișinău, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 15 April 1940 • Place of death — Chișinău, Kingdom of Romania • Resting Place — Chișinău Central Cemetery • Alma Mater — Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture • Notable Works — Stephen the Great Monument
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Alexandru Plămădeală (9 October 1888 – 15 June 1940) was a sculptor and artist. Alexandru Plămădeală was born on 9 October 1888.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Self-portrait, 1918 • Illustration — 1995 stamp of Moldova • Illustration — Stephen the Great Monument
Identity
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Alexandru Plămădeală is recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded as sculptor and artist.
Life and career
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1888
Alexandru Plămădeală was born in 1888 at Sectorul Buiucani.
1918
Self-portrait by Alexandru Plămădeală, dated 1918, held by National Museum of Fine Arts.
1918
Self-portrait by Alexandru Plămădeală (National Museum of Fine Arts).
1940
Alexandru Plămădeală died in 1940 at Chișinău.
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Sectorul Buiucani.
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Chișinău.
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• Claudia Cobizev
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Literature
Literature
Modernist Artistic Values in Alexandru Plămădeală’s Drawings, Dialogica: Revistă de Studii Culturale și Literatură, 2022
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Braga, Tudor. Alexandru Plămădeală. ARC. 2004. 978-9975-61-162-6.
- Plămădeală, Olga. А. М. Пламадяла. Жизнь и творчество. Cartea moldovenească. 1965.
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Alexandru Plămădeală studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He trained under Volodymyr Fulgentovich Okushko. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Self-portrait by Alexandru Plămădeală
1918 · National Museum of Fine Arts
Capitoline Wolf, Chișinău
1920
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