Fyodor Alekseyev
Fyodor Yakovlevich Alekseyev (Russian: Фёдор Яковлевич Алексеев; c.1753–1755 – 23 November 1824) was a Russian painter. His contemporaries often called him the Russian Canaletto, in recognition of his masterful vedute.
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Fyodor Alekseyev

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- Born
- 1755. · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 1824. · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire.
- Occupation
- painter and teacher.
- Fields
- painting, landscape painting and Veduta.
- Education
- Imperial Academy of Arts.
- Teachers
- Antonio Peresinotti, Giuseppe Maria Moretti and Pietro Gaspari.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Fyodor Yakovlevich Alekseyev (Russian: Фёдор Яковлевич Алексеев; c.1753–1755 – 23 November 1824) was a Russian painter. His contemporaries often called him the Russian Canaletto, in recognition of his masterful vedute.
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Fyodor Alekseyev studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. Training under Antonio Peresinotti, Giuseppe Maria Moretti and Pietro Gaspari is recorded. Maxim Vorobiev, Feodosy Fedorovich Shchedrin and Sylvester Shchedrin are recorded as having studied under Fyodor Alekseyev. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting, landscape painting and Veduta. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are cityscape. Employment is recorded with Imperial Academy of Arts. Work by Fyodor Alekseyev is recorded in the collections of Kherson Museum of Local Lore, Tretyakov Gallery, Russian Museum, Hermitage Museum and National Museum in Warsaw.
He was the son of the caretaker at the Imperial Academy of Arts, where he was admitted in 1764 upon a petition by his father, after studying for several years at the garrison school. In 1767, he took a class in ornamental sculpture and later studied scenic painting with Antonio Peresinotti. From 1773 to 1777, he lived in Venice on a fellowship, where he studied to be a theater artist. This did not appeal to him, however, and he spent much of his time painting landscapes and copying the old masters. Having incurred the displeasure of the authorities at the Academy, when he returned he was put to work as a decorator for the Imperial Theatres until 1786 and was not allowed to continue his academic studies. Undaunted, he continued to paint what he pleased and slowly won some recognition. In 1794, his "View of the Palace Embankment from the Fortress" earned him the title of Academician. In 1800, Tsar Paul I assigned him to create vedute of the streets and architecture in Moscow. From 1803, he taught at the Academy, but also travelled extensively, visiting Kherson, Mykolaiv, Bakhchysarai, Oryol and other locations in the south which had been visited by Catherine the Great, where he produced plein air sketches and watercolors of the surrounding areas. In 1810, he produced a series of works depicting Saint Petersburg. In his later years, his fame steadily declined and he died in poverty, leaving a large family behind. The Academy paid his funeral expenses.
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- N. Sobko, Словарь русских художников с древнейших времён до наших дней (XI—XIX вв) (Dictionary of Russian Artists from Ancient Times to the Present Day), 1893
- Alexei Fyodorov-Davidov, Фёдор Яковлевич Алексеев, Moscow, Искусство, 1955
- Maris Ivanovna Androsova, Фёдор Алексеев, 1753—1824, Saint Petersburg, Художник РСФСР, 1979
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