Alexis Paul Arapoff (1904-1948). 1904 Born in St. Petersburg Russia, his father was a Major General in charge of a Red Cross unit and his mother Dr. Catherine Arapoff (eye surgeon), one of the first... Read full biography
Alexis Paul Arapoff (1904-1948). 1904 Born in St. Petersburg Russia, his father was a Major General in charge of a Red Cross unit and his mother Dr. Catherine Arapoff (eye surgeon), one of the first female Physician to get a degree from The University of Moscow. She was the niece of Tolstoy. Alexis... Read full biography
Alexis Paul Arapoff (1904-1948). 1904 Born in St. Petersburg Russia, his father was a Major General in charge of a Red Cross unit and his mother Dr. Catherine Arapoff (eye surgeon), one of the first female Physician to get a degree from The University of Moscow. She was the niece of Tolstoy. Alexis summered with family on the Tolstoy domain, "Poyisjura" in Lithuania and in Finland. The family also traveled extensively through out Austria, Germany, and Switzerland visiting museums. In 1918-20... Read full biography
Alexis Paul Arapoff (1904-1948). 1904 Born in St. Petersburg Russia, his father was a Major General in charge of a Red Cross unit and his mother Dr. Catherine Arapoff (eye surgeon), one of the first female Physician to get a degree from The University of Moscow. She was the niece of Tolstoy. Alexis summered with family on the Tolstoy domain, "Poyisjura" in Lithuania and in Finland. The family also traveled extensively through out Austria, Germany, and Switzerland visiting museums. In 1918-20 due to the revolution, the cold weather and a typhoid epidemic, the remaining family members fled to a German Colony on the Steppes, traveling in a cart drawn by a camel. It was here where a temporary school was formed and where Alexis was given his... Read full biography
Alexis Paul Arapoff (1904-1948). 1904 Born in St. Petersburg Russia, his father was a Major General in charge of a Red Cross unit and his mother Dr. Catherine Arapoff (eye surgeon), one of the first female Physician to get a degree from The University of Moscow. She was the niece of Tolstoy. Alexis summered with family on the Tolstoy domain, "Poyisjura" in Lithuania and in Finland. The family also traveled extensively through out Austria, Germany, and Switzerland visiting museums. In 1918-20 due to the revolution, the cold weather and a typhoid epidemic, the remaining family members fled to a German Colony on the Steppes, traveling in a cart drawn by a camel. It was here where a temporary school was formed and where Alexis was given his first lesson of painting from Hans Tan Berbler, who later went on to become a professor at t... Read full biography
Alexis Paul Arapoff - Artist Info
About Alexis Paul Arapoff: Books
Books & Publications (10)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols)
1982
Koke, Richard J
1,243 pages
By the People, For the People New England (WPA artists) (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Sawyer, Charles
92 pages
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
Alexis Paul Arapoff Memorial Exhibition (Boston: MFA, March 12 To April 13, 1952) (Exhibition catalog)
1952
Arapoff, Catherene Green (biographical notes), Constantin A. Pertzoff (foreword)
54 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index