GREEK Alex Angileevich (Angilevich)

Between 1723 and 1726 (St. Petersburg) - after 1770 (St. Petersburg)

engraver, draftsman

born in the family of a Greek galley fleet skipper Angileya Domilo (shared a) in 1698 held at the Russian service. In 1735 - the student Engraving Chamber Academy of Sciences, studied drawing at I.-E. Grimmel, engraving - first at H.-A. Wortman, then - in IA Sokolova.

in 1742-1743 was under investigation for the Chief of Staff of the Academy of Sciences I.-D. Schumacher, who was accused of embezzlement of public funds, but was acquitted.

In 1750 he studied architecture in term and J. Valeriani .. In 1756 was promoted to apprentice. In late 1750 - early 1760-s studied portrait engraving under the direction of GF Schmidt. In 1740-50's participated in all the collective work of the House: engaged sketches rarities Peter Kunstkamery (1730 th) edition of the album, the coronation of Empress Elizabeth (1743-1744), illustrating the book "The Adventures of Telemachus" F. Fenelon (St. Petersburg , 1747), creating a series of drawings of St. Petersburg MI Makhaeva (1753).

from 1762 together with EG Vinogradov headed Engraving Chamber, but the application for award "Proficiency rank" was denied. Since mid-1760-X began to lose his sight, and therefore refused to perform certain works, in particular type of engraving on a plan of the city of Moscow in 1765. However, in the second half of 1760-x created several prints for private orders. In April 1770 dismissed from the Academy of Sciences, a petition for a pension was denied.

Engaged engraving of reproduction; worked in the tool and etching techniques. Served portraits, views, images of fireworks. Best lists - portraits of Grand Duke Paul Petrovich (1761 and 1763), the Georgian king Teimuraz Nikolayevich (together with Vinogradov, 1761), Countess AK Vorontsov (1769), engraved views "Hermitage Pavilion in Tsarskoe Selo" , "Summer Palace of the Empress Elizabeth (both - 1753)," Minervin island in fireworks 28 June 1763 on the accession to the throne of Catherine II »(1763). Known colored prints of engravings Grekova, and the later prints.

Grekova works are in many museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, State Hermitage, the Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin State Museum of History, Research Museum of Russia Academy of Arts and others.