biography of Agop Minass AGOPOFF (?-1983)

Birth place: Sliven, Bulgaria

Addresses: Denville, NJ

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Basic art training with Kiril Shivarov & Prof George Nicholov, Varna, Bulgaria; Atelier Damian, Constantza, Roumania; Columbia Univ; NAD with eminent sculptor Charles Keck.

Exhibited: NAD, 1943- (Daniel Chester French Medal, 1971); Nat Sculpture Soc, 1960- (Lindsey Morris Memorial Award,1964); Hudson Valley Art Assn, 1961- (gold medals1963 & 1971); All. A. Am., 1962-; Am Artists Prof League, 1969-.

Member: ANA; fel, Allied Valley Artists Am.; fel, Am. Artists Prof. League; fel., Hudson Valley Art Assn.; fel., Nat. Sculpture Soc.

Work: Off. Commandant, USMC, Washington, DC; Nat. Hist. Mus., Erevan, Armenia; Diocese, Armenian Church of N & S Am., NYC; Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York Univ.; J. Edgar Hoover Bureau, US Dept Justice, Wash., DC. Commissions: bronze mem., Rev. Dr. John Henry House, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1934; heroic bronze statue, Gov. H. Bell, Belton, Tex., 1937; Albert Dorne Award Medal for Famous Artists Sch., NYC, 1964; Heroic portrait plaque of John F Kennedy, J. F. Kennedy Memorial, Hyannis, Mass., 1964; four large portrait tablets, Dow Chem. Co., Midland, Mich., 1970.

Comments: Preferred media: clay, granite, marble, bronze, wood.