Serafim Nikolayevich Sudbinin: A Sculptor's Journey Through Art Deco and Beyond Serafim Nikolayevich Sudbinin (russian: Серафим Николаевич Судьбинин, born Golovastikov, Головастиков, known in France as Séraphin Soudbinine, born 21 March 1867; died 1 November 1944) was a Russian sculptor, painter, ceramicist and stage actor, associated with the Moscow Art Theatre. He began his artistic career on stage in the late 1880s in Nizhny Drama Theatre, where he adopted the stage name Sudbinin. This early theatrical experience profoundly shaped his understanding of performance and character portrayal—s…