Alexander Alexandrovich Kiselyov, or Kiselev (russian: Александр Александрович Киселёв; 6 June 1838 in

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– 20 January 1911 in

Saint 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 ...

) was a Russian landscape painter.

Biography

He was born to a military family at a Russian naval fortress and received his first schooling in the

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Cadet Corps. In 1852, he was transferred to the 2nd Saint Petersburg Cadet Corps, but resigned in 1858 before completing his training course and entered

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. In 1864, he was awarded the title of "Artist Third-Class". The following year, he married and moved to

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, where he worked for the Kharkiv Land Bank. In 1875, he became a member of the "Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (

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). Two years later, he relocated to Moscow and taught at a grammar school for girls. For many years, he wandered throughout Russia and the Caucasus, making sketches for paintings that he would complete at his home in Moscow. In 1893, he was named a full member of the Academy and became a Professor in 1897. In 1906, in

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, he was one of the founders of the "Northern Circle of Fine Art Lovers", an organization which, among other things, helped young artists to get their work exhibited at the Academy. Later, as part of a team of artists, he helped to design the interior of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in

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'', edited by C. L. Kravets, Moscow 2005, Vol.1, His home in

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(which he built in 1902) is now a museum. A large outcropping on the

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coast between Cape Kadosh and Agoi is named after him, due to its appearance in one of his paintings.

Selected paintings

KadoshskySkaly.jpg, Kadoshskie rocks Вид окрестностей Харькова.jpg, View of Kharkov surroundings (1875) Starii Suramskii pereval.jpg, Old Surami Pass Kiselev Melnica.jpg, Forgotten mill (1891) Kiselev Field.jpg, Haymaking (1894) Kiselev Prudik.jpg, Little Pond (1892)

References

External links

Arcadja Auctions: More works by Kiselyov

Kiselyov Museum
@ Live Internet-Russia

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