Beller Alexander Ivanovich

August 5, 1804 (St. Petersburg (?)) - February 25, 1880 (St. Petersburg (?))

Painter, graphic artist

Biographical details are few.

deaf-mute, he studied at the St. Petersburg School of Deaf, where, apparently, received his early art education and attracted the attention of the founder of the College of Empress Maria Feodorovna. With her patronage entered volnoprihodyaschim student in history class IAH. Advice of AG Venetsianov. In 1832 was released from the Academy with the rank neklassnogo (free), painter of perspective painting. In the same year he joined the School of the deaf in St. Petersburg, where he worked until 1864.

lived in St. Petersburg. He worked in the field of genre and religious painting, served copies of paintings by "old masters". Created an image for the church in the School of Deaf, Church Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in the Obukhovskoy Hospital, Lokhvitsya Church in Poltava province.

works are in several museum collections, including the State Russian Museum.