Alexander Shmidt
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Alexander Vladimirovich Shmidt ' onMouseout='HidePop("1215")' href="/topics/Rechytsa">Rechytsa
town, Belorussia, Russian Empire
- May 5, 1987, Leningrad
, USSR) was a Russian
-Soviet
realist
painter
, graphic artist, and Art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad
. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
.
, in the Homiel Province
of Belorussia, Russian Empire
.
In the 1928, Alexander Shmidt entered at the first course of the painting department of the Leningrad's Vkhutemas (since 1932 known as Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture). There he studied under Alexander Savinov, Vasily Savinsky, Arcady Rylov, and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
. In 1933, Alexander Shmidt graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as artist of easel painting.
Since 1941 Alexander Shmidt has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted cityscapes, portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre paintings. His solo art works exhibitions were in Leningrad in years of 1962, 1973, 1983, and 1989.
Since 1955, Alexander Shmidt was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. In years of 1947-1949, Alexander Shmidt taught drawings and painting in the Leningrad's Higher School of Art and Industry (since 1953 named after Vera Mukhina).
In years of 1949-1971, Alexander Shmidt was a founder and a head of well-known Art Studio of the Wiborgsky Palace of Culture in Leningrad.
Alexander Shmidt was a most famous for his lyrical cityscapes of Leningrad. His painting style distinguished by soft lyrical interpretation of the image, semi-transparent watercolor painting in transfer of the lighting and air. The color of his works is restrained, based on the exquisite tones.
Alexander Vladimirovich Shmidt died on May 5, 1987 in Leningrad. His paintings reside in museums and private collections in Russia, Germane, France, England, the U.S., Italy, and others.
Rechytsa
Rechytsa is a town in the Homiel Province of Belarus. It is center of Rechytsa Raion. The city is situated at the mouth of Rechitsa river, flowing into Dnieper. The population is 65,532 as of 2005.-History:...
town, Belorussia, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
- May 5, 1987, Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, USSR) was a Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
-Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
realist
Realism (visual arts)
Realism in the visual arts is a style that depicts the actuality of what the eyes can see. The term is used in different senses in art history; it may mean the same as illusionism, the representation of subjects with visual mimesis or verisimilitude, or may mean an emphasis on the actuality of...
painter
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, graphic artist, and Art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...
.
Biography
Alexander Vladimirovich Shmidt was born August 15, 1911, in the town of RechytsaRechytsa
Rechytsa is a town in the Homiel Province of Belarus. It is center of Rechytsa Raion. The city is situated at the mouth of Rechitsa river, flowing into Dnieper. The population is 65,532 as of 2005.-History:...
, in the Homiel Province
Homiel Voblast
Homiel Voblast or Gomel Oblast is a province of Belarus with its administrative center being Homyel.Important cities within the voblasts include: Gomel, Mazyr, Zhlobin, Svetlahorsk, Rechytsia, Kalinkavichy, Rahachow, Dobrush...
of Belorussia, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
.
In the 1928, Alexander Shmidt entered at the first course of the painting department of the Leningrad's Vkhutemas (since 1932 known as Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture). There he studied under Alexander Savinov, Vasily Savinsky, Arcady Rylov, and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin, was an important Russian and Soviet painter and writer.-Early years:...
. In 1933, Alexander Shmidt graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as artist of easel painting.
Since 1941 Alexander Shmidt has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted cityscapes, portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre paintings. His solo art works exhibitions were in Leningrad in years of 1962, 1973, 1983, and 1989.
Since 1955, Alexander Shmidt was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. In years of 1947-1949, Alexander Shmidt taught drawings and painting in the Leningrad's Higher School of Art and Industry (since 1953 named after Vera Mukhina).
In years of 1949-1971, Alexander Shmidt was a founder and a head of well-known Art Studio of the Wiborgsky Palace of Culture in Leningrad.
Alexander Shmidt was a most famous for his lyrical cityscapes of Leningrad. His painting style distinguished by soft lyrical interpretation of the image, semi-transparent watercolor painting in transfer of the lighting and air. The color of his works is restrained, based on the exquisite tones.
Alexander Vladimirovich Shmidt died on May 5, 1987 in Leningrad. His paintings reside in museums and private collections in Russia, Germane, France, England, the U.S., Italy, and others.
See also
- Leningrad School of PaintingLeningrad School of PaintingThe Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...
- List of 20th century Russian painters
- List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
- Saint Petersburg Union of ArtistsSaint Petersburg Union of ArtistsUnion of Artists of Saint Petersburg was established on August 2, 1932, as creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, was called "Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". Since 1959 was called as Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation...