Alexander Liberman had a rich and varied career as a sculptor, painter, photographer, and, for 31 years, editorial director of Condé Nast publications. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1912. His father was an economist and lumber expert who advised the Tsar and then following the revolution, Lenin. His mother started the State Theater for Children in the Soviet Union. Through his father’s connections, Alex left the Soviet Union in 1921 for England and eventually studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. He began working at art department of VU magazine in 1932.

With the German occupation of Paris, Liberman left Europe for New York and secured a job in the art department of Vogue in 1941. In 1962 he was appointed Editorial Director of all Condé Nast publications worldwide, a position which he held until 1994 and through which he. was influential in shaping the cultural landscape of post-war America.

From a young age, his mother encouraged Alex to paint and draw. Around 1950 he started making sculptures. He had his first solo exhibition of sculpture and painting at Betty Parsons Gallery in 1960. He has had numerous solo exhibitions at museums such as the Jewish Museum, New York (1966); Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY (1970); and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1970). His sculpture and paintings are included in the museum collections of the Art Institute, Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Tate Gallery, London and many others. Additionally his  monumental public sculpture can be seen in over 40 cities around the world including Honolulu, Los Angeles, Miami, New Haven, New York, Oklahoma City and Philadelphia. 

In 1999, Liberman died at age 87 in Miami, Florida.