ANICHKOV Alexander

XIX (manor Zalizene, Tenth-Pyatnitskaya parish Borovichi County) - 1930 (London)

painter and graphic artist.

was born in an ancient noble family Anichkov. Received extensive education in the St. Petersburg University and at the Conservatory, had a multitude of European languages.

Special arts education is not received. ABC mastered the art under the guidance of his friend the artist OE Braz.

In the early twentieth century Anichkov was on display: according to some sources, his work appeared at the Paris Salon and in 1920 the artist gave six of his paintings (four portraits and two landscapes) in the Russian Museum.

In 1920, he worked in the museum, and in 1921-1922 - in the city library in the city Borovichi. In 1923 he came from Borovichi in Petrograd, and from there moved to London.

London Anichkov lived by selling their own paintings. His landscapes, painted from memory as well as on the early drafts, mainly focused on the outskirts Borovichi, mother nature.

preserved a number of pencil drawings Zalizene estate belonging to the beginning of 1920. These figures were two albums that are stored in museum collections Borovichi.