Alexey Nikanorovich Komarov (1 October 1879 – 31 March 1977) was a
wildlife artist known for his paintings, sculpture and illustrations. He illustrated numerous works including books for children and scientific treatises. Komarov also made many propaganda posters for the
USSR
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. He was awarded the titles of Honoured Art Worker of RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic) in 1947 and People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1972.
Biography
Komarov was an illegitimate son of a landowner P.F. Rosetti and housekeeper D.K. Inshakova who was brought up by his aunts. He grew up in his father's estate in
Skorodnoye, Tula.
After studies at the local school he went to the
(MUZhVZ, 1897–1901) and studied under
A. S. Stepanov, V. N. Baksheev, and
N. A. Kasatkin. He travelled around
Sweden
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and
Norway
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in 1906 and learned of the work of
Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Andreas Liljefors (; 14 May 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially with dramatic situations. He was the most important and probably most influential Swedish wil ...
.
He lived at various times of his life in
Tula
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Geography
Antarctica
*Tula Mountains
*Tula Point
India
*Tulā, a solar month in the traditional Indian calendar
Iran
* Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province
Italy
* Tula, Sardinia, municipality (''comune'') in the pr ...
,
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...
and
Moscow
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and accompanied many scientific expeditions as an artist. He illustrated numerous books that included travel writings on N. M.
Przhevalsky
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (or Prjevalsky;; pl, Nikołaj Przewalski, . – ) was a Russian geographer of Polish descent (he was born in a Polish noble family), and a renowned List of explorers, explorer of Central Asia, Central and Eas ...
{ (1941), ''Birds in USSR'' (1951–1954) and ''Writings of naturalist'' (1964) by
E. P. Spangenberg, ''Animals and birds of our country'' by V. N. Shnitnikov (1957), ''Mammals in USSR'' (1967–1972), and the ''Birds of Kazakhstan'' (1960–1970).
Komarov died in Moscow in 1977. His works are held in various museum collections including the State Darwin Museum of Natural History (Moscow), Kursk Regional Art Gallery, and the Moscow Regional Museum of Local History (Istra).
References
External links
Biography and art samples
Art works
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Wildlife artists
Soviet painters
Soviet poster artists
Soviet illustrators
Soviet cartoonists
1879 births
1977 deaths
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni