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1904 St. Petersburg, Russia - 1948 Massachusetts. Known for: Landscape, figure, floral, religious painting.
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
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Still Life
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago