Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov
| Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov | |
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| Born |
18 February 1922 Torzhok, Soviet Russia |
| Died | 23 June 1984 (aged 62) Leningrad, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Tavricheskaya Art School |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism |
Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Семёнов; 18 February 1922 – 23 June 1984) was a Soviet Russian painter. He was a member of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation, and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting, most famous for his cityscapes.
Semionov was born in Torzhok, Tver Oblast, Russia. In the mid-1930s his family moved to Leningrad. Having abilities to draw from the early age, Semionov entered Tavricheskaya Art School, where he studied under Alexander Gromov, Semion Bootler, Victor Oreshnikov, Vladimir Levitsky and Mariam Aslamazian.
In 1940 Semionov graduated from Tavricheskaya Art School. In 1940–1941 he worked as copyist at the LenIzo Leningrad Art Centre. In Russian museum he painted copies from works of Ivan Shishkin, Ilya Repin an Isaak Levitan.
In 1941, Semionov went to the front as a volunteer, passing through all the trials of wartime from beginning to end. After that he returned to work in LenIzo as painter, gradually restoring and improving his professional skills. He painted from life in the such picturesque suburbs of Leningrad as Rozhdestvenno, Wyra, Daymische, where in late 1940 – early 1950s settled Leningrad artists Piotr Buchkin, Nikolai Timkov, Yuri Podlaski, George Tatarnikov, and others.
Since 1954, Semionov, started to show his work on the exhibitions of Leningrad artists. These were sketches brought back from trips to the Ural and Altai: "Altai Province. Shebalino District", "Altai. At the Seshinsky Pass" (both 1954), "Blacksmith workshop" (1956), "At the Chusovoy Plant", "Rolling workshop" (both 1957), and others. In these sketches traced the taste and great abilities of the artist to plein air painting, his ability for composition, for quickly grasp and transferring the lighting on canvas.
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