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Stepan Fyodorovich Alexandrovsky (Russian: Степа́н Фёдорович Александро́вский; 25 December 1842 – 1 February 1906) was a Russian painter, best known for his watercolour portraits, typical of the Salon style.
Biography
He attended a classical grammar school and was originally planning for a career in medicine, but soon found himself attracted to art. In pursuit of that, he moved to saint Petersburg and began auditing classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts. One of his portraits was awarded a small silver medal in 1861.
He was a regular participant in the Academy's exhibitions and was named an "Artist" in 1864. Later he became a "First-Class Artist" (1869). He was named an "Academician" in 1874 for his portrait of War Minister, Dmitry Milyutin. By 1884, he was a "Free Artist" and honorary member of the Academy.
He was one of the founding members of the Society of Russian Watercolorists. Among his best-known works are a series of portrait albums: thirty of Central Asian dignitaries who came to Moscow for the coronation of Alexander III (1884); forty-five of the Knights of various military orders (1886); and members of an embassy from 'Abd al-Ahad Khan, the Emir of Bukhara (1889).
He also provided illustrations for several periodicals and participated in exhibitions held by the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts.
Works
References
Further reading
Belyayev, Nikolai S. (2018). Почетные вольные общники Императорской Академии художеств (PDF) (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. pp. 10–12. ISBN 978-5-336-00234-8. OCLC 1083287293.
Breshko-Breshkovsky, Nikolay N. (January 16, 1904). "У академика С. Ф. Александровского". Ogonyok (in Russian). No. 1. St. Petersburg: Birzhevyie Vedomosti. p. 6. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
Bulgakov, Fyodor I. [in Russian] (1889). "Александровский, Степан Федорович". Наши художники (in Russian). Vol. 1. St. Petersburg: Suvorin Typography. p. 11. OCLC 38661216.
Sobko, Nikolai P. [in Russian] (1893). "Александровский, Степан Федорович". Словарь русских художников (in Russian). Vol. 1. St. Petersburg: Stasyulevich Typography. cols. 80–83. OCLC 889716402.
Voltsenburg, Oskar E. [in Russian]; et al., eds. (1970). "Александровский, Степан Фёдорович". Художники народов СССР (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Iskusstvo. p. 95.
External links
Media related to Stepan Alexandrovsky at Wikimedia Commons
Stepan Alexandrovsky at the Russian Academy of Arts' official website (in Russian)