Alexis Arapoff

December 6, 1905 (age 42)

Saint St. Petersburg, Russia

When he came back to Russia in 1921, he was admitted to the Saratov Art Institute. In 1923, he went to Moscow, where he became a furniture designer in a workers" palace. Following this, he created suits and scenes for the "avant-garde" theater of Nikolaï Foregger. Later he worked for the "False Mirror Theatre" of Nikolai Evreinov, and followed the theater trip to Paris in 1925. He remained in Paris where he met Catherine Green, an American studying at the Sorbonne. Arapoff, a Roman Catholic convert since 1934, painted religious paintings and icons. 1928, Arapoff had exhibitions at Paris"s "Salon des Indépendants" and at "Salon des Tuileries" 1935, Solo exhibition at the Grace Horne Gallery (Boston) 1938, at the New England Conservatory of Music and at "The Arts" (Boston) Art Institute of Chicago "Religious Works of Alexis Arapoff" Boston Library (Winter, 2002) The Boston Public Library possessed 6 paintings of a "". These paintings were considered lost in the 1980s. She sang with the Boston Operatic Ensemble. In 2000, she created the "Russian Lyric Trio", featuring Mary Arapoff (soprano), Tanya Rose (soprano) and Ranko Stevanovic (baritone).

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Born the only son of a noble family (Arapov) in Saint Peterburg, Russia, Alexis flew to Germany in 1917 to escape the revolution.

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When he came back to Russia in 1921, he was admitted to the Saratov Art Institute. In 1923, he went to Moscow, where he became a furniture designer in a workers" palace. Following this, he created suits and scenes for the "avant-garde" theater of Nikolaï Foregger.

Later he worked for the "False Mirror Theatre" of Nikolai Evreinov, and followed the theater trip to Paris in 1925.

He remained in Paris where he met Catherine Green, an American studying at the Sorbonne. Arapoff, a Roman Catholic convert since 1934, painted religious paintings and icons.

1928, Arapoff had exhibitions at Paris"s "Salon des Indépendants" and at "Salon des Tuileries"

1935, Solo exhibition at the Grace Horne Gallery (Boston)

1938, at the New England Conservatory of Music and at "The Arts" (Boston)

Art Institute of Chicago

"Religious Works of Alexis Arapoff" Boston Library (Winter, 2002)

The Boston Public Library possessed 6 paintings of a "". These paintings were considered lost in the 1980s.

She sang with the Boston Operatic Ensemble.

In 2000, she created the "Russian Lyric Trio", featuring Mary Arapoff (soprano), Tanya Rose (soprano) and Ranko Stevanovic (baritone).

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