Sergey Obraztsov

Sergey Obraztsov

Sergey Vladimirovich Obraztsov ( _ru. Сергей Владимирович Образцов, 1901-1992) was a Russian puppet master who is credited by the Encyclopædia Britannica with "establishing puppetry as an art form". Rod theaters in many countries of the world owe their establishment to Obraztsov's influence. His collection of exotic puppets was the largest in Russia and one of the largest in the world.

Obraztsov was born on June 22, 1901 in Moscow into the family of a high-profile railroad engineer. Between 1922 and 1931, he worked with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko in the Moscow Art Theatre and one of its studios as an actor. At that period he staged several vaudeville-style puppet shows before setting up the State Central Puppet Theatre in Moscow in 1931.

During his innumerable tours abroad, Obraztsov helped to popularize artistic puppetry in the United States, Britain, and other countries. One of his best known shows, "An Unusual Concert" (1946), satirized faulty performers. In his declining years, Obraztsov became enthusiastic about finger puppets. He was also skilled in showing puppeteering with his bare hands.

Sergey Obrastsov authored an autobiography and a monograph on Chinese puppet theatre. He was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1946, was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1952 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1971. Obraztsov died on March 8, 1992 and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.

In September 2001, the [http://www.puppet.ru/english/about/index.html Sergey Obraztsov Theatre ] hosted a week-long centennial celebration which included an international array of performers.

Bibliography

* "My Profession" by Sergei Obraztsov - Translated from the Russian by Ralph Parker and Valentina Scott (Contains many sepia plates of puppets plus a biography of Sergei Obraztsov) Published with English text. [ Published by Foreign Languages in Moscow (no date) about 1950 with no ISBN ]

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* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056655 Britannica article] - in English
* [http://www.peoples.ru/art/theatre/puppeteers/obraztsov/ Obraztsov's site] - in Russian
* [http://www.vor.ru/Events/program36.html Article about Obraztsov] - in English
* [http://www.puppet.ru/about/obraztcov.html Obraztsov's page on his theater's site]


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