Background
Alpatov, Mikhail was born on November 27, 1902 in Moscow.
Alpatov, Mikhail was born on November 27, 1902 in Moscow.
Alpatov graduated from Moscow University, where he studied the history of arts from 1919 and 1921.
Taught at many famous art schools in the 1920s (VKHUTEMAS, VKHUTEIN). Taught philosophy of art at Moscow University. Professor of the Surikov Art School in Moscow.
Wrote many monographs, on icons, the Italian Renaissance, Aleksander Ivanov, and a 3-volume-history of world art.
In 1954, he became a member of the USSR Academy of Art.