Alexander Bourganov


Alexander Bourganov is a Russian sculptor, a National Artist of Russia, and a member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. His recent works include a monument to Alexander Pushkin located at George Washington University in Washington DC ; a statue of John Quincy Adams, the first U.S. Ambassador to Russia and later President of the United States, located in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow ; and a statue of poet Walt Whitman located on the campus of Moscow State University. In 2001 his studio in Moscow was given the status of a State Museum, known as Bourganov's House. His other works around Moscow include a series of fountains and statues on Ukrainsky Boulvar, near the Hotel Ukraine.
Bourganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and was graduated from Moscow State Artistic and Industrial College. He received a PhD. in art history.
In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.

Chronology of the principal sculptural works of Alexander Bourganov