Alexander Brullov
Architect
1798 – 1877
Who was Alexander Brullov?
Alexander Pavlovich Brullov was a Russian artist associated with Russian Neoclassicism.
Alexander Brullov was born in Saint Petersburg into a family of French artists: his great grandfather, his grandfather, his father and his brothers were artists. His first teacher was his father Paul. He attended the Imperial Academy of Artsarchitecture class from 1810 to 1820, and graduated with honors. Along with his brother, Karl, he was sent to Europe to study art and architecture with a stipend from the Society for the Promotion of Artists.
Alexander Brullov spent eight years abroad, from 1822 to 1830, in Italy, Germany and France, studying architecture and art. He painted many watercolor portraits at that time. Among the best were those of Yekaterina Pavlovna Bakunina, John Capodistria, Natalya Goncharova-Pushkina, wife of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin and Yekaterina Ivanovna Zagryazhskaya, her aunt. He also did illustrations for books and magazines.
In 1831, after his return to Russia, he was appointed professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts and these were the years when he created his best architectural projects.
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- Born
- Nov 29, 1798
Saint Petersburg - Siblings
- Profession
- Education
- Imperial Academy of Arts
- Lived in
- Saint Petersburg
- Died
- 1877
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on July 23, 2013
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