FREDMAN-КЛЮЗЕЛЬ Boris Oskarovich

27 апреля 1878 (St-Петербург) — 1959 (Cairo, Egypt)

the Sculptor, graphic artist arts-прикладного art

From the large family of the merchant 2-й Guild, a native of Sweden. Was in 2nd-м real school in St. Petersburg. Art education has received in St.-Петербургском the Central school of technical drawing of Baron А. Л. Штиглица (1894-1897), the Royal Academy of fine arts in Stockholm (1897-1899), then, apparently, improved in Paris (early 1900-х) Г. Тома.

In 1910-1915 жил in St. Petersburg, with 1920-х — in France, from 1929 — in Cairo. From 1907 he worked for the firm "К. Фаберже" in 1907 on behalf of the company located in England. Performed model depicting animal figures and birds, Russian and English "types", tales of heroes Л. Кэрролла "Alice in Wonderland", where the stonecutters made sculptures from the Ural gems. A number of pieces of the stone plastics on models of the artist had performed for the king of England Edward VII and the Russian Emperor Nicholas II.

Engaged primarily in easel sculpture. In 1909-1910 he painted a series of 22 бронзовых pieces on the theme of ballet, timed to the opening of the Russian season in Paris. In the first half of 1910-х by order of the Imperial theatres has created a bronze sculpture artists К. А. Варламова, Ю. М. Юрьева, Н. Н. Ходотова, В. В. Стрельской, Г. Н. Федотовой, М. Н. Ермоловой and others. Fashioned around 60 статуэток outstanding ballet dancers: В. А. Рябцева, М. П. Кандаурова, А. Ф. Бекефи, М. М. Мордкина, А. А. Горского, В. А. Коралли, М. Ф. Кшесинской, Т. П. Карсавиной. Created the first sculptural image of Anna Pavlova and the statuette "the Foot of Anna Pavlova". Became known for ability to accurately transmit the movement: "His “Борзые” really run down, and “Балашова” dancing, as if we see her at the Bolshoi", — wrote about the artist's Cairo art М. Брин.

Performed the busts В. И. Немировича-Данченко, Л. Н. Андреева (1920), П. А. Столыпина (1911), И. Е. Репина (1914) and others. The author of the tombstones К. А. Варламова (1916), the bas-relief of "St. George" for the Church of Saint George in Cairo.

Created a model for the Copenhagen porcelain manufactory.

a member of the Association of artists in St. Petersburg; participated in the activities of society "Mossanovski Mondays". Held a personal exhibition in the gallery "Lemercier" in Moscow (1912). Exhibited in the Paris Salons. Participated in 1-й sculpture exhibition in Petrograd (1922), the exhibition "10 лет work of the Maly theatre" in Moscow (1927).

he Taught at the Academy of fine arts in Cairo (1929), head of the Department of sculpture faculty of fine arts.

Work is represented in many Museum collections, among them — the Luxembourg Museum in Paris, the British national Museum in London, Museum of the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow and others.