Tamara Nahamievna Musakhanov (russian: Тамара Нахамиевна Мусаханова; he, תמרה מסכנוב; born January 31, 1924 — February 27, 2014) was a
Soviet
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sculptor
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, and
ceramist of
Mountain Jewish origin.
Member of Union of Artists in the former
Soviet Union
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and in
Israel
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. She was also an Honored Artist of Dagestan.
[ A small sculpture of T.N. Musakhanov - great love of folk traditions, Garik Kanaev]
Biography
Tamara Musakhanov managed to finish several art schools in different cities. She began her education at the pedagogical school in
Makhachkala
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where she met her husband, Abram Vladimirovich Fridberg. She then continued her education at the
Moscow Kalinin School of industrial art, which she graduated in 1949. She worked in the media of sculpture, painting, and crafts in ceramics and faience before continuing her art education in
Alma-Ata
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.
Scenes of her works represented simple values in life – national traditions in work and leisure, clothing and holidays.
Musakhanov was awarded the
Medal of the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Artists of the
Russian Federation
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. She had certificates and diplomas for participation in the Republican art exhibitions and achievements in the development of Soviet arts and crafts. Many of her works are in the collections of 15 Russian art museums, including the
Tretyakov Gallery
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, the State Museum of Oriental Art, the
museum-estate Kuskovo,
as well as in private collections in Russia, Israel, Germany, England and America.
, where she actively participated in the following exhibitions: a group exhibition of repatriates "Omanut ole" (1994), a group show in the gallery "Tsafon" (1998), a solo exhibit in Haifa (1998), an exhibition of artists from the Caucasus in
(2000), etc.
Musakhanov's husband, Abram Fridberg, was an "Honored Artist of Russia". He died in Israel.
Tamara Musakhanov died in 2014. She is buried in the city of Haifa, Israel.
.
* Honoured Art Worker of Dagestanian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
* Honoured Artist of Dagestan.