Soviet sculptor Ernst Neizvestny died on August 9 at the age of 91 in his adopted home of New York. The artist was well-known for clashing with the Soviet authorities, but his combative relationship with Nikita Khrushchev had a storybook conclusion.
Ernst Neizvestny: A Life In Pictures
- By Amos Chapple
7
When the Soviet Union collapsed, Neizvestny was working on an epic monument to victims of the gulag -- the country's infamous labor camps and penal colonies.
