Alexander Koroviakov

Alexander Petrovich Koroviakov
Born	November 16, 1912 Berdskaya, Orenburg Province, Russian Empire
Died	June 12, 1993 Saint Petersburg
Nationality	Russian
Education	Repin Institute of Arts
Known for	Painting, Art teaching
Movement	Realism

Alexander Petrovich Koroviakov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Коровя́ков; November 16, 1912, Berdskaya, Orenburg Province, Russian Empire – June 12, 1993, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet, Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.

Alexander Petrovich Koroviakov was born November 16, 1912 in Berdskaya, near Orenburg, Orenburg Province, Russian Empire.

In 1932 Alexander Koroviakov entered to the Fine Art College (Penza). After graduating he comes to Leningrad and continued his study at Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin since 1937. He studied with Boris Fogel, Genrikh Pavlovsky, and Semion Abugov.

In 1941, July, Alexander Koroviakov has gone to the Red Army as a volunteer from the last academic year. Не took part in Volhovsky Front, in the battles for Leningrad, in the liberation of Baltic states. Не was wounded and demobilized as an sergeant in 1945. Alexander Koroviakov was awarded by an Order of the Red Star, the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and the Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad".

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