Background
Stepanov, Aleksei was born on May 6, 1858 in Simferopol’.
Stepanov, Aleksei was born on May 6, 1858 in Simferopol’.
Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 1880-1884, under V.Perov, A.Savrasov, I.Prianishnikov, V.Makovskii and V.Polenov. Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 1880-1884, under V.Perov, A.Savrasov, I.Prianishnikov, V.Makovskii and V.Polenov.
Genre and landscape painter, animalist and graphic artist. Member of the Peredvizhniki, 18911903. One of the founders of the Union of Russian Artists.
Exhibited from 1880. Posthumous exhibitions: Moscow, 1941, 1948 and 1959 (in connection with the 100th anniversary of his birth).