Aleksandr Sokolov

Aleksandr Sokolov studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and Imperial Academy of Arts. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Aleksandr Sokolov is recorded in the collections of Russian Museum, Museum of Private Collections, Mikhail Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum, Museum of Tropinin and His Contemporaries, Moscow and Simferopol Art Museum.

• Native Name — Александр Петрович Соколов • Born — 29 October 1829 • Birthplace — Saint Petersburg • Died — 19 November 1913 • Known for — Watercolor portrait painting • Style — Academism • Children — two • Education — Moscow School of Painting Alumni • Elected — Member Full

His father was the portrait painter, Pyotr Sokolov. Alexander Brullov and Karl Brullov were his uncles. He left the gymnasium in 1847, before completing his studies, to enter the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. After two years there, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts. Upon receiving the title of "Artist", he decided to follow in his father's footsteps and devote himself mostly to watercolor portraiture. In 1859, a painting of his brother, Pyotr, was among those that won him the title of "Academician". In 1881, he became a member of the Peredvizhniki and exhibited with them frequently. He became especially well known for portraits of women, doing several of Empress Maria Feodorovna and other members of the Imperial Family. In 1883, his portraits of Tsar Alexander III and the Tsarina in their Imperial robes were published as lithographs in the official Alexander III of Russia's coronation album. from 1892 to 1907, he served as curator of the Russian Academy of Arts Museum; housed at the Imperial Academy. He became a full member of the Academy in 1896.

• Illustration — Pavel Sokolov, the painter's brother, signed and dated 1858; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, from Ilya Silberstein's collection • Illustration — Prince Aleksey Ivanovich Kropotkin, signed and dated 1860; Tropinin Museum, Moscow • Illustration — Princess Anna Imeretinskaya, scholarly dated 1870s; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg • Illustration — Countess Yevgeniya Alekseyevna Stroganova (née Princess Vasilchikova), 1883; Pskov Museum Preserve • Illustration — The Girl with Flowers, portrayal of Anna Sokolova, the painter's daughter, signed and dated 1884; owned by ballistics scholar Boris Okunev during the Soviet era, auctioned at Sotheby's in November 2014 • Illustration — Ivan Yendogurov, signed and dated 1889; Kroshitsky Museum, Sevastopol • Illustration — Princess Maria Tenisheva, signed and dated 1898; Russian Museum • Illustration — Lyubov Hausch, signed and undated; Simferopol Art Museum • Illustration — Portrait of a Nun, signed and dated 1910; Samara Art Museum