Alexander Valentinovich Sredin

Background

Alexander Valentinovich Sredin was born on August 17, 1872, in Kerch, Russian Federation. His father, Valentin Andreevich Sredin, was a publicist and theater critic.

Education

Alexander Valentinovich graduated from the Natural Sciences Department of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow University. He received his art education at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, where his teachers were Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin. Alexander Valentinovich studied for some time at the Julian Academy in Paris.

Career

After graduation, Alexander Valentinovich worked in the private studio of Konstantin Korovin (until 1899). Since 1898, he took part in exhibitions of the Moscow Society of Art Lovers. Since 1904, he exhibited his works at exhibitions of the Moscow Association of Artists. Since 1906, Alexander Valentinovich was a member of the art section of the journal Golden Fleece, where he published his pictures and articles. In 1907, he became one of the founders of the Association Free Aesthetics.

In 1906-1907, Alexander Valentinovich participated in the exhibitions of Leonardo da Vinci Society, and in 1907, in expositions of the Union of Russian Artists and the New Society of Artists. In 1906-1907, Sredin's works were exhibited at exhibitions of Russian art in Paris and Berlin, and in 1911 at the International Exhibition in Rome.

After the October revolution in 1917, Alexander Valentinovich was a member of the Commission for the protection of monuments of art and antiquities. In 1925-1927, he collaborated with the State Academy of Art Sciences. In 1927, he became a co-founder of the Society of Realist Painters. In 1928, he emigrated to Paris.

Alexander Valentinovich was tragically killed under the wheels of a train in 1934 in Saint-Raphaël, France.

Achievements

• Alexander Valentinovich participated in the exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, Rome, New-York, Moscow.

Works

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• painting

  • Portrait of the Artist's Daughter

  • Colonnade of the Veranda in the Park

  • In the Hall

  • Expectation

  • Interior of the Hall

    1919

  • Room in the Obninsk Belkino Estate

    1907

Membership

• Union of Russian Artists , Russian Federation

  1910

• Society of Realist Painters , Russian Federation

• Free Aesthetics , Russian Federation

• Moscow Association of Painters , Moscow City

Connections

Father:

Valentin Andreevich Sredin

Brother:

Leonid Valentinovich Sredin

Friend:

Zinaida Sergeevna Sokolova

Friend:

Anton Chekhov

Friend:

Isaac Levitan