Alexander Lubimov
Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov (Alexandr Mihajlovič Ljubimov; 25 February 1879 – 19 December 1955) was a Russian painter and draughtsman, active in St. Petersburg (later Leningrad) and, occasionally, Kharkiv from Tsar Nicholas II's reign through Stalin's rule, particularly known for his portrait paintings and satirical drawings.
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Alexander Lubimov

Редакция журнала "Леший" (1906) · crop from File:Леший. 1906. №1-4.pdf · Public domain
- Name
- Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov
- Born
- 25 February 1879
- Birthplace
- Paltsevo, Kursk Province, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Leningrad, USSR
- Field
- Painting, graphics, education
- Training
- Imperial Academy of Arts
- Movement
- Realism
- Died
- Alexander Lubimov died on 19 December 1955. · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Russia.
- Occupation
- painter and printmaker.
- Fields
- painting and visual art education.
- Movements
- realism and Leningrad School of Painting.
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Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov (Alexandr Mihajlovič Ljubimov; 25 February 1879 – 19 December 1955) was a Russian painter and draughtsman, active in St. Petersburg (later Leningrad) and, occasionally, Kharkiv from Tsar Nicholas II's reign through Stalin's rule, particularly known for his portrait paintings and satirical drawings.
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Alexander Lubimov studied at Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts and Imperial Academy of Arts. Borys Vasylovych Kosariev, Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Vsevolod Averin are recorded as having studied under Alexander Lubimov. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting and visual art education. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and painting. Work by Alexander Lubimov is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art.

Журнал "Леший", 1906, №2
Редакция журнала "Леший" (1906) · crop from File:Леший. 1906. №1-4.pdf

Журнал "Леший", 1906, №2
Редакция журнала "Леший" (1906) · crop from File:Леший. 1906. №1-4.pdf
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• Name — Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov • Born — 25 February 1879 • Birthplace — Paltsevo, Kursk Province, Russian Empire • Place of death — Leningrad, USSR • Field — Painting, graphics, education • Training — Imperial Academy of Arts • Movement — Realism
Biography
Biography
Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov was born on 25 February 1879 in the village of Paltsevo, Kursk Province, Russian Empire. The artist's father was a nobleman, his mother was born of peasants. Since 1892, he lived in Saint Petersburg. In 1895–1901 Alexander Lyubimov studied in Central School of Technical Drawing (now known as Saint Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy named after Alexander von Stieglitz), then in the Drawing School of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. Since 1901 Alexander Lyubimov worked as an extern at the Higher School of Arts at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Ilya Repin, later of Pavel Chistyakov. After graduation in 1909, Alexander Lyubimov went to city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, where by recommendation of Ilya Repin he headed in the years 1912–1919 Kharkov Art College, where his student was Alexander Deyneka. Since 1900, Alexander Lyubimov has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre paintings, landscapes, sketches from the life. Alexander Lyubimov worked as painter, graphic artist, illustrator, and satirical black-and-white artist. His personal exhibitions were in 1949 in Leningrad, and in 1998 in Saint Petersburg. In 1927, Alexander Lyubimov returned to Leningrad. From 1934 to 1941 by invitation of Isaak Brodsky, he taught at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, managed jointly with Isaak Brodsky individual workshop and graduate students. He was professor of painting since 1939. His students were well-known Russian painters Alexander Laktionov, Yuri Neprintsev, Alexander Gritzay, Piotr Belousov, Nikolai Timkov, Mikhail Kozell, Alexei Mozhaev, and others. In 1949–1955 years Alexander Lyubimov taught in the Higher School of Art and Industry named after Vera Mukhina as professor of painting. Alexander Lyubimov was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1932. Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov died in Leningrad in 1955. Paintings by Alexander Lyubimov are in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, France, the U.S., Italy, England, and others.
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Alexander Lubimov is recorded with the occupation printmaker. Classed in the genre painting. Classed in the genre portrait. Recorded as having studied at Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts and Imperial Academy of Arts. Associated with Leningrad School of Painting. Associated with realism.
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Alexander Lubimov was born on 25 February 1879.
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Alexander Lubimov died at Saint Petersburg.
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Alexander Lubimov died in Saint Petersburg.
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Alexander Lubimov studied at Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts and Imperial Academy of Arts. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
The authorities additionally record the headings Aleksandr Lyubimov, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Lyubimov and Alexander Liubimov. His recorded language was Russian. Lubimov worked in painting and visual art education. His work is associated with realism and Leningrad School of Painting.
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