Alekseev Fedor

1753 or 1754 (St. Petersburg) - November 11, 1824 (St. Petersburg)

Painter, graphic artist

born in the family of a retired soldier, guarding the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences YA Alexeeva. From 1766 he studied at the IAH: first in class "painting of fruits and flowers, with 1772 - in the landscape class. In 1770, for drawing from nature was awarded a small silver medal. In 1773 he graduated from the course and released from the Academy with a small gold medal for the landscape.

In the same year as a pensioner IAH went to Venice. Studied Decorative Painting by J. Moretti, followed by P. Gaspari. A. copied paintings by Canaletto. In 1777 he returned to St. Petersburg, was identified in the service of a painter to the Directorate of Imperial Theaters. He worked in the studio F. Graditstsi-son. Since January 1779 was listed in montirovochnoy of theaters. In 1779-1786 was in service at drama school. At the same time, commissioned by Catherine II was engaged in copying the Hermitage paintings by Canaletto, B. Belotto, G. Robert, J. Vernet.

in 1794 for a copy of a painting by Canaletto "Interior of the courtyard with a garden. Loggia in Venice "is recognized as" designated "in academics. In the same year for "View of St. Petersburg on the Neva River" was awarded the title of academician. In 1795 sent to the Ukraine and Crimea for the writing of the cities visited by Catherine II during his trip to the south in 1787. Created a trip watercolor sketches, which has subsequently complied with the picture.

Around 1800 executed by order of Paul I, two types of Mikhailovsky Castle. In 1800, by decree of the Senate sent to Moscow to write urban species. In this work helped Alekseev A. Kunavin and L. Moshkov. In March 1802 he returned to St. Petersburg. In the same year was awarded the title of professor and adviser to IAH. From 1803 until his death led the class of perspective painting at the Academy. Among his pupils - MN Vorobyov, in 1815 became his assistant in the class of perspective painting, SF Shchedrin, VP Petrov and others.

In 1810-1811, together with Vorobiev traveled to provincial cities of Russia (Orel, Voronezh and others) for the "withdrawal of urban species. He had a large workshop in which students and assistants were varied and repeated many times the most popular motifs.

Retrospective exhibition of paintings took place in 1953 and 2004 in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

Alekseev - outstanding painter of the last third XVIII - the first third of the XIX century, one of the founders of the Russian urban landscape. The most characteristic of the artist's extensive panoramic views with a lot of mundane details accurately noted by, filled with light, air, scent of wildlife. The best quality of the painter appeared in the suites on the Petersburg and Moscow. In his works baroque mentality typical of many masters of the transition period 1750 - 1760's, mingled with the desire to architectonics of classicism, romanticism Venetian lead. These archaic features in the arts master said ANBenois: "Alekseev, brought up on classical architectural forms of the West, derived from its noble palette Belotto, Robert and Guardi - was confused in colorful and fanciful Moscow under the bright sun of the south. Thus, Moscow, he said, in the spirit of his time - the nature of romantic "Gothic" of the city ».

Works Alekseeva are in many museum collections in Russia, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum, the Scientific Research Museum of Russia Academy of Arts and others.