Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli dies aged 91

The Russian Georgian artist, Zorab Tzrili, known for his giant and controversial effects, died at the age of 91.

The sculptor, painter and architect divided the generated Tablisi with a series of large -scale projects in Moscow, including a huge monument of 98 meters (321 feet) to Caesar Boutros Al -Kabeer, who hated the famous city.

In fame during the Soviet era, Tsrieli led the 1980 Olympic Designers team in Moscow, and later built large sculptures in cities all over the world.

He was also known for his proximity to the Russian political elite, as he once said that the “healthy spirit” of Vladimir Putin inspired him to conduct a bronze study of the Russian president.

Tzrie was an intimate friend of Moscow’s mayor Yuri Luzkov, and his position was allowed as part of the Soviet Union to travel outside the country, where he met Pablo Picasso in Paris.

Maria Zakharova spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that “the artist of the world, a public figure who did not know boundaries or obstacles in promoting peace and supporting creativity” as social media after his death.

“He will live not only in our hearts, but also in his work,” she added.

During one row above the future of Peter, the great memorial in 2010, many Moscow population Tell the BBC that they hated sculpturesWhich in 98 meters slightly longer than the statue of freedom.

Despite the lukewarm reception sometimes he received his works, Tsretley was widely respected throughout the art world, and he held the position of President of the Russian Academy of Arts.

His massive construction can be found in cities all over the world, including a memorial for the Kristover Columbus in Seville, Spain, and Gars Georgia in his hometown of Tbilisi.

It also includes a ten -storey sorrow tear, celebrating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which stand in New Jersey. It was presented to the United States by the Russian government.

Another sculpting, a good defeat of evil, sitting at the United Nations headquarters in New York. He depicts St. George slaughtering a dragon, which is located between broken fragments of us and Soviet missiles.

This work represents “the defeat of the nuclear war through the historical treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States,” according to the United Nations.

In 2006, Tsretley caused controversy in a small French town, setting up his massive statue of 8.75 meters (29 feet) for Pope John Paul II. The opponents said that the statue violated the laws of secularism in France.

At 110 meters (360 feet), the huge Tsareteli monument to the first trip of the Christopher Columbus, the birth of the New World, is one of the longest sculptures on Earth. It was eventually built in Puerto Rico, after it was rejected by several American cities.

He also carried out bronze studies smaller than major personalities, including Princess Diana and Putin.

Tsereteli was also a painter – especially from flowers – and an architect who played a major role in rebuilding the Moscow Cathedral of Christ.