Background
Alexander Shilov was born on October 6, 1943 in Moscow, Russian Federation. He is the son of Ludmila Shilova.
Awarding The Order Of Alexander Nevsky. Moscow, Kremlin. October 29, 2012
Moscow, Russian Federation
Alexander Shilov studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture from 1968 - 1973.
Alexander Shilov in Volgograd
Alexander Shilov was born on October 6, 1943 in Moscow, Russian Federation. He is the son of Ludmila Shilova.
Alexander's childhood and youth were difficult, as well as the fate of many in the war and postwar years. At the age of fifteen, Alexander Shilov worked as a loader to support his family. In 1957 - 1962, he studied at the art studio of the Pioneers Palace of Timiryazevsky district of Moscow, which was headed by Vasily Voronin. In 1968 and 1973, Shilov studied at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute (now, Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture).
In 1971-1972, Alexander Shilov participated in exhibitions of young artists of Moscow. Later Shilov took part in many exhibitions. In 1978, he held a solo exhibition in Moscow. The artist's exhibitions were also held in France, Portugal, Canada, Japan, Kuwait and other countries.
In 1997, the Moscow State Gallery of People's artist of the USSR was established by the resolution of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of March 13, 1996 and the government of Moscow of January 14, 1997 on the basis of the donated collection of painter's works. A new building of the gallery was opened in 2003. The permanent exhibition of the gallery is replenished.
Among the large number of Shilov's works are landscapes, still lifes, genre paintings, graphics. But the main genre of his work is portrait. The main characters of the artist's works are people of different social status, age, appearance, character. Shilov created a gallery of contemporaries' portraits, characterized by careful modeling.
Shepherd
1975Our land
1972A little more slowly horses, a little more slowly ...
Singer E. Obraztsova
1987Alone
1980Awakening
1982Where is the realm of sound (Julia Volchenkova)
1996Nana
1989Director S. Bondarchuk
1994In the cell (Mother Paisija). Puhtitsky monastery
1988Spring
1992Galya
1988Nude
1991Metropolitan Filaret
1987Portrait of Olenka
1981Diplomat
1982Ballet dancer Ludmila Semenyaka
1980Olga Leznik
1996Russian Beauty
1992Rosemary Flowered
1980Mira
1985Natasha
1995Young gypsy
1990Violet with the cat
1980Self-portrait
1997Igumen Zinoviy
1991
In 1979, a daughterof Alexander Shilov was born. Her name was Masha. She was a small and beautiful image of his famous and talented 36-year-old father. In 1996, Masha was gone. The girl was 16 years old. Alexander Shilov also have a son, Alexander Alexandrovich Shilov.