Alexander Vasilievich Gine (russian: Александр Васильевич Гине; 1830 – June 3, 1980) was a Russian painter.

Biography

Alexander Gine came from a noble family. He studied at the

Kazan Gymnasium Kazan Gymnasium was a gymnasium of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It is notable for its alumnus, Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, who graduated from the school in 1807. Other notable alumni include Ivan Shishkin, a Russian landscape artist, and Gavri ...

, together with

Ivan Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Ши́шкин; 25 January 1832 – 20 March 1898) was a Russian landscape painter closely associated with the Peredvizhniki movement. Biography Shishkin was born to a Russian me ...

. From 1854 to 1856, the artist studied at the

Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (russian: Московское училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества, МУЖВЗ) also known by the acronym MUZHZV, was one of the largest educational insti ...

under Sokrat Vorobyov. Gine died on the night of June 3, 1880 in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

in extreme poverty and was buried at the Malookhtinsky cemetery. His artworks are in public museum collections, including the

Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

, the

Pushkin Museum The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (russian: Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина, abbreviated as ) is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just oppo ...

, and the

State Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

Gallery

1864. Александр Гине. Святогорский монастырь в Харьковской губернии.jpg Gine Stormy seas.jpg

References

External links

Gine Alexander Vasilievich.
1830 births 1880 deaths 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni {{Russia-painter-stub