Alexander Ivanovich Sokolov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Соколо́в; December 1, 1918 – 1973) was a Soviet Russian painter and Art teacher,

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, regarded as one of the representatives of the

Leningrad school of painting The Leningrad School of Painting (russian: Ленинградская школа живописи) is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was uni ...

, most famous for his genre painting.

Biography

Alexander Ivanovich Sokolov was born December 1, 1918, in Aleshki village, Voronezh Province of

Soviet Russia The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. He was a veteran of World War II, participated in the defense of the Leningrad and he had many military orders. In 1950 Alexander Sokolov graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Victor Oreshnikov workshop. He studied of Veniamin Belkin,

Mikhail Bernshtein Mikhail Davidovich Bernshtein (russian: Михаил Давидович Бернштейн) (January 28, 1875, Rostov-on-Don – May 9, 1960, Leningrad) was a Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the ...

, Pavel Naumov,

Andrei Mylnikov Andrei Andreevich Mylnikov (russian: Андре́й Андре́евич Мы́льников) (22 February 1919 in Pokrovsk, Saratov Governorate – 16 May 2012 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, People's ...

. After graduation, his work was presented in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, sketches from the life. He was a member of the

Leningrad Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...

since 1950.''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972. P.51. Master of Art-criticism (1954), an

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

(1970). Alexander Ivanovich Sokolov died on May 9, 1973, in Leningrad. His paintings reside in State Russian Museum, in Art museums and private collections in Russia, France, England, in the U.S., and other countries.

References

Bibliography

* ''The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. - p. 51. * ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972. - p. 51. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. - London: Izomar, 1998. , . * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 19, 20, 24, 370, 372, 388, 393-395, 397, 399. , . * ''Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005''. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007.- p. 63. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolov, Alexander 1918 births 1973 deaths People from Ternovsky District Soviet painters Socialist realist artists Leningrad School artists Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Repin Institute of Arts alumni Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Burials at Bogoslovskoe Cemetery 20th-century Russian male artists