Alexandru Plămădeală

Alexandru Plamădeală (9 October 1888 – 15 April 1940) was a Moldovan sculptor. He was the artist responsible for the creation of the Stephen the Great Monument in Chișinău (1927).

Alexandru Plamădeală
2003 stamp of Moldova
Born	(1888-10-09)October 9, 1888 Sectorul Buiucani, Chișinău, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 15, 1940(1940-04-15) (aged 51) Chișinău, Kingdom of Romania
Resting place	Chișinău Central Cemetery
Alma mater	Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Notable work	Stephen the Great Monument

He graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

Alexandru Plamădeală married Olga Suceveanu on September 19, 1923.

He died in Chișinău in 1940.

Former students

• Claudia Cobizev

Gallery

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  Self-portrait, 1918
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  1995 stamp of Moldova
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  Stephen the Great Monument

Further reading

• Braga, Tudor (2004). Alexandru Plămădeală. Maeştri basarabeni din secolul XX (in Romanian). Chişinǎu: ARC. ISBN 978-9975-61-162-6.
• Plămădeală, Olga (1965). А. М. Пламадяла. Жизнь и творчество (in Russian). Chișinău: Cartea moldovenească.