Boris Messerer
Russian sculptor

Boris Messerer

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Russian sculptor
A.K.A.
Boris Asafovich Messerer
Gender:
Male
Places:
RussiaRussia
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ArtistSculptor
Work field:
Arts
Birth:
15 March 1933(Moscow)
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Introduction

Boris Asafovich Messerer (Russian: Бори́с Аса́фович Мессере́р; born March 15, 1933, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater artist, set designer and teacher. President of the association of artists of theater, cinema and television in Moscow.
Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (1997, Corresponding Member of 1990). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1993). Winner of two State Prizes of the Russian Federation (1995, 2002). Member of the USSR Union of Artists in 1960, Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation and Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.

Family

  • Father - Asaf Messerer
  • Mother - Anel Sudakevich
  • Cousin - Maya Plisetskaya
  • First wife - Nina Chistova, ballerina
    • Son Alexander Messerer - painter. Seven children.
  • Second wife - Bella Akhmadulina

Awards

  • 1995 - State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of fine art
  • 2001 - Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts
  • 2002 - State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of design
  • 2003 - Order of Honour
  • 2008 - Crystal Turandot
  • 2008 - Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class
  • 2013 - Order of Friendship