Alexander Lubimov

Biography

Alexander Mikhailovich Lubimov was born on February 25, 1879, in Paltsevo. Throughout the Silver Age and the early decades of the Soviet era, he worked primarily as a painter and graphic artist in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), and occasionally in Kharkov. He is recognized as a representative of realism and the Leningrad School of painting. Lubimov specialized in portraiture, genre painting, and caricature. He taught at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I. E. Repin and at the Higher Art and Industrial School named after V. I. Mukhina, where he held the position of professor. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. During his lifetime, he considered his homeland to be the Russian Empire, the USSR, and Russia. Alexander Mikhailovich Lubimov passed away on December 19, 1955, in Saint Petersburg. His artistic legacy encompasses realism and reflects the development of the Leningrad School of painting.