MATVEEV Alexander B.

January 2, 1926 (Moscow) - January 22, 2008 (Moscow)

theater artist, an expert in the field of architectural and theatrical lighting, a painter.

graduated with honors from two universities: Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MEI) in 1949 and a year later - theatrical staging Faculty Moscow Art Theater School. He started his career in the Moscow Art Theater.

Since 1951, the work of Alexander Matveev associated with the Central Red Army Theater, where he has designed over twenty productions. The artist has collaborated with many prominent directors: A. Popov, B. Lvov-Anokhin, D. Tunkel, A. Shatrinym, S. Kolosov. Among the artists who worked with Alexander Borisovich, such famous artists as AL Kasatkin, V. Zeldin, N. Sazonova, V. Soshalsky, L. Golubkina and many others.

«Alpine expanses of" Dragonflies "and the closure of Russian merchant living in" Not a penny ... "transparent realism of" mill-girls and businesslike interiors "My family were not only the glory of the theater Army, but the whole of Russian theater, no wonder their long stage life warmed and delighted thousands of spectators, that's why more than 800 times to conquer the audience somber magnificence "Justina" ", - wrote Matveeva colleagues in the address to his 80-th.

Already in the 1950 Matveev began to participate in exhibitions of artists of theater and cinema, held by the All theatrical society and the Union of artists, his name is often found in their catalogs.

It was on the stage of the Soviet Army, which has a very large size, which creates additional difficulties for the creative team, Matveev was able to apply their technical expertise. For example, in the performances he used powerful searchlights, aircraft that have been transformed for the theater. It was necessary to create a special device to clear a spot of light was only on stage, without creating a hall of scattered light. In the early 1960's that no one did, because at that time had no devices with complicated optics, which could give the desired effect. Matveyev was able to achieve this. Later, Alexander B. acted as a designer in the design of the small theater scene.

addition Matveev has worked with the Moscow Art, Small Theater, Satire, Operetta, Kiev State Russian Drama Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka. On these glorious scenes in his design turned out more than forty productions, which have always enjoyed success and a prime audience, and with professional critics.

Matveev for many years taught at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, he is the author of a unique training course aesthetics of lighting.

Master worked as a painter and watercolorist. The archive of the artist kept a lot of sketches, which he wrote from life in the summer, during the holidays. This is mainly landscapes with views of the Crimea, the Caucasus, central Russia and Karelia.