Andrew Martz
{{short description|Russian sculptor}}
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| birth_name = Андрей Валерианович Марц
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|06|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Russia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|10|20|1924|06|26|df=y}}
| death_place = Moscow, Russian Federation
| nationality = Russian
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| occupation = sculptor
| years_active = 1936-2002
| known_for = animal sculptures
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| awards = File:Zaslujeniy artist.jpg File:WW2 Victory.png
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Andrew (Andrey) Valerianovich Martz ({{langx|ru|Андрей Валерианович Марц}}; 26 June 1924 – 20 October 2002) was a Russian animal sculptor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Moscow. His sculptures reside in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, National Gallery for Foreign Art, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Tallinn Zoo, in art museums and private collections in Russia and other countries of the world.[Андрей Марц: Сов. Скульптор-анималист. Автор: Шашкина, М. В. — Издательство: Сов. художник, 1988 г. Пол. индекс: ISBN 5-269-00142-X][Андрей Марц. Скульптура. — Издательство: Молодая гвардия, 2000 г. Пол. индекс: ISBN 5-235-02426-5][https://www.rah.ru/the_academy_today/the_members_of_the_academie/member.php?ID=53765&sphrase_id=100001 Российская академия художеств. Марц Андрей Валерианович]
Biography
Andrew Martz was born in Russia in Moscow on June 26, 1924. Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. A large number of Andrei Marts's original sculptures are in the collections of 50 different museums in Russia, as well as in museums in Germany, Lithuania, Estonia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. His sculptures were also produced at the Kasli foundry and Kusa foundry. Andrew Martz won various art competitions in the USSR and received several awards for this. Sculptures by Andrew Martz were also produced in the USSR in the form of plastic toys in factories. Andrew Martz published three books about his sculptures, gave interviews on Russian television and various print media. Personal and group exhibitions of sculptures by Andrew Martz were held in museums in the US, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Russia, Latvia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.[https://oms.ru/authors/marts-andrej-valerianovich-1924-2002 Объединение московских скульпторов. Марц Андрей Валерианович]
State and public awards
- Honored Artists of the RSFSR
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Diploma of Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union
- Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
References
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External links
- [https://www.artprice.com/artist/155831/andre-martz André MARTZ]
- [https://www.artnet.com/artists/andré-martz/ André Martz. Artnet]
- [https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Andrej-Valerianowitsch-Martz/01241EF271FF33F3 Andréj Valerianowitsch Martz]
- [https://www.invaluable.com/artist/martz-andre-9dxf3t9omn/sold-at-auction-prices/ Andre Martz]
- [https://oms.ru/authors/marts-andrej-valerianovich-1924-2002 Andrew Valerianovich Martz]
- [https://www.rah.ru/the_academy_today/the_members_of_the_academie/member.php?ID=53765&sphrase_id=100001 Российская академия художеств. Марц Андрей Валерианович]
- [https://1418museum.ru/heroes/10431312/ Дорога памяти. Марц Андрей Валерианович]
- [http://marz12.narod.ru/ Скульптор Андрей Марц]
- [http://www.museum.ru/N21675 Рыбы и птицы Андрея Марца]
- [http://cleargallery.ru/gallery/open/aid-216 Андрей Марц, Ирина Марц]
- [http://nasledie-rus.ru/podshivka/6513.php Заповедник Андрея Марца]
- [http://world-ocean.ru/ru/kollektsii/skulptura Музей Мирового океана] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023012641/http://world-ocean.ru/ru/kollektsii/skulptura |date=2014-10-23 }}
- [http://www.animalist.ru/?action=show_article&article=marz Русские анималисты — А. В. Марц]
- [https://ps.1september.ru/article.php?ID=200408621 Живая пластика Андрея Марца]
- [http://cultobzor.ru/2013/12/feliks-buh-i-andrey-marts/ Феликс Бух и Андрей Марц. От сотворения]
- [http://www.openklub.ru/artist/1355/ Марц Андрей Валерианович. Галерея «Открытый клуб»]
- [http://www.nasharyazan.info/novost10010.html Трудоголики]
- [http://ryazantourism.ru/events/58 Семейная выставка московских художников Андрея Марца (скульптура) и Ирины Марц (живопись)]
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Category:Sculptors from the Russian Empire
Category:Russian animal artists
Category:Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni
Category:20th-century Russian sculptors
Category:20th-century Russian male artists