Tamara Nahamievna Musakhanova (; ; born January 31, 1924 — February 27, 2014) was a

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, and

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origin. Member of Union of Artists in the former

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and in

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. She was also an Honored Artist of Dagestan. A small sculpture of T.N. Musakhanova - great love of folk traditions, Garik Kanaev

Biography

Tamara Musakhanova managed to finish several art schools in different cities. She began her education at the pedagogical school in

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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

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. Scenes of her works represented simple values in life – national traditions in work and leisure, clothing and holidays. Musakhanova was awarded the Medal of the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Artists of the

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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

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, Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts, the

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, the museum-estate Kuskovo, as well as in private collections in Russia, Israel, Germany, England and America. In an interview with Israeli journalist Hana Rafail, Musakhanova said: Musakhanova's husband, Abram Fridberg, was an "Honored Artist of Russia". He died in Israel. Tamara Musakhanova died in 2014. She is buried in the city of Haifa, Israel.

Awards

* Honored Cultural Worker of the RSFSR. * Honoured Art Worker of Dagestanian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. * Honoured Artist of Dagestan.

Legacy

In December of 2017, posthumously, in the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts in Makhachkala opened a joint retrospective exhibition with the Museum of the History of World Cultures and Religions dedicated to the life and work of the famous Dagestani sculptor and ceramist Tamara Musakhanova.Karina Mosesova
An exhibition of sculptor Tamara Musakhanova opened in Makhachkala.
''STMEGI.'' December 26, 2017. This was the second solo exhibition in memory of Tamara Musakhanova. The first was held in her hometown of

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References

External links

Artworks of Tamara Musakhanova
{{DEFAULTSORT:Musakhanov, Tamara 1928 births People from Derbent People from Dagestan Oblast Mountain Jews Jewish Russian sculptors Ceramists from Dagestan Soviet ceramists Women ceramists Soviet sculptors Soviet emigrants to Israel 2014 deaths Jewish women sculptors Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry alumni 20th-century women sculptors