Ernst Neizvestny - a sculptor, artist, graphic artist and philosopher - was born in Sverdlovsk on April 9, 1925 in the family of a doctor Joseph Moiseevich Unknown (1898–1979) and Bella Abramovna Dizhur (1903–2006), a poet and author of popular science books for children.
In 1946-1947, the Master studied at the Academy of Arts in Riga, then, until 1954, he studied at the Moscow Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov and at the philosophical faculty of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. In 1977 he left to live in the USA, opened his own studio in New York. Ernst Unknown's works are often exhibited at exhibitions, located in Serbia, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA.
He died on August 9, 2016 and was buried on Shelter Island (New York State), where he lived and worked until the end of his days.
Source: Art Museum
Ernst Unknown.