Background

Alexander Georgievich Tikhomirov was born on September 24, 1933, in Moscow City, Russian Federation. After his family's moving and before the evacuation to Kazakhstan he lived in Voronezh (1933-1941).

Education

From 1951 to 1958 Alexander Georgievich studied at the Leningrad higher art-industrial school named after V.I. Mukhina (now the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design) at the department of architectural and decorative sculpture under professor V.I. Ingal

Career

Alexander Georgievich devoted his life to art. He started his career in Perm (1958-1962). Then, from 1962 to 1971 he worked in the Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) branch of the Union of Artists. In 1964 Alexander Georgievich was invited to work as a teacher at the department of drawing in the Leningrad Higher art-industrial School named after V. I. Mukhina (now the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, of Architectural and Decorative Sculpture). After many years he decided to move to Sochi (in 1971).

Achievements

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  Tikhomirov's works are published in the book "Traditions of the drawing school of the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, of Architectural and Decorative Sculpture" (Saint Petersburg, 2007).

Membership

• Union of Artists

  1962

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• The newspaper "the Architecture of Sochi": "Alexander Georgievich Tikhomirov is a cultural asset of the city, and people should cherish this wealth and preserve its heritage in order to develop artistic taste and the ability to distinguish talent from mediocrity."

Connections

Alexander Georgievich was married and had a daughter.

Spouse:

Evgenia Tikhomirova

Daughter:

Natalia Tikhomirova