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Claudia Cobizev (b. march 13 1905, Chișinău - d. 1995, Chișinău) was a sculptor and a painter from Republic of Moldova.

Biography
Claudia Cobizev was born on march 13 1905 in Chișinău. She studied sculpture at the Chisinau School of Arts in the Alexandru Plămădeală's workshop (1926-1931), then at the Royal Academy of Arts in Brussels, in the workshop of V. Rousseau and Rimbaud in Brussels (1931-1934) and at the Academy of Arts in Bucharest (1934-1936).

For her artistic activity, she was awarded with the titles of Emeritus of Art in the MSSR (1960) and of the Plastic Artist of the People in the MSSR (1965), being the winner of the State Prize of the MSSR (1968). She was decorated with the Order of "Badge of Honor" (1947) and with the Order "Red Flag of Work" (1957). Claudia Cobizev died in 1995 in Chișinău.

Personal exhibitions in the Republic of Moldova

 * 1975 - Sculpture, Chișinău
 * 1995 - "C. Cobizev - 90 de ani", Chișinău

Collective exhibitions in the Republic of Moldova
Between 1964-1985 she participates in exhibitions organized by the Union of Plastic Artists of the Republic of Moldova and by other art and culture institutions.

Exhibitions of plastic artists from Moldova abroad

 * 1948 - "Femeia, viața și năzuințele sale", Paris, France
 * 1970 - Moscow, Russian Federation
 * 1972 - Moscow, Russian Federation
 * 1975 - Moscow, Russian Federation
 * 1976 - «Slavă muncii», Moscow, Russian Federation
 * 1982 - Sculptură, Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
 * 1983 - «Pământ și oameni», Moscow, Russian Federation
 * 1987 - Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2009 - "Bessarabia Moia", Artmark gallery, Bucharest

Works

 * Cap de moldoveancă (1947), wood, 40x22x28
 * Tăietor de lemne din Rucăr (1961), gypsum, 62x72x36
 * Țăranca din Câmpulung (1962), metal, 64x60x30
 * Găgăuza /Fata din Ciadâr-Lunga (1962), metal, 58x39x36
 * Argata (1962), copper, 29x16x27
 * Student (1965), metal, 40x34x25
 * Relief decorativ "Recolta" (1971), copper, 88x84
 * Aurica (1977), copper, 56x30x32
 * Compoziție sculpturală "Femeile din Tatarbunar" (3 piece work), 1980, metal, 1) 58x26x17; 2) 54x20x20; 3) 60x32x18
 * Stăpâna gliei (1981), metal, 83x22x21