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Alexander Orloff also Alexander Konstantinovich Orlov (Russian: Александр Константинович Орлов; 27 January 1899 — 3 April 1979) is a painter of Russian origin, born in Rodome , Poland (according to other sources - in St. Petersburg), died in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, near Paris.

Alexander Orloff
Born	Alexander Orloff 1899 Rodome, Poland
Died	1979 Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
Nationality	Russian, later French
Education	School of Fine Arts, Ukraine
Known for	Painting
Movement	Cubism

Biography

Orloff spent his childhood in Voronezh in Russia . In 1924, he left Russia and settled in Prague , where he attended the Ukrainian School of Fine Arts and was a student of Serguej Mako. He exhibited in various galleries in Czechoslovakia and Poland. In 1933 he had a solo exhibition at the gallery Prague Karasek. He participated in several art associations, became an illustrator for "Praguer Press". He moved in 1933 to France, where he exhibited at the Salon des Tuileries, the Salon des Independants in the lounge of the Free Art and Exhibition of new realities . He participated in exhibitions of Russian-born artists from the School of Paris and other group exhibitions. He held personal exhibitions in 1969, 1973, 1975.[1]

He spent the last years of his life in the Zemgora Russian retirement home in Cormeilles-en-Parisis.

Works

His Cubist work began in Prague. Orloff's painting, however, evolved to a more Symbolist style in the 1930s. After the war, he began to create abstract works in the vein of lyrical abstraction. He also painted landscapes, still lifes, indoor scenes, and portraits.[2][3] A piece of his art, "Deep Thought", was sold through Sotheby's in 2006.[4][5]

Museums

• National Gallery in Prague
• Oscar Ghez Collection - formerly of the Petit Palais, Geneva

References

Sources

• Lejkind, O., Mahrov, K., Severjuhin, D., Hudozhniki russkovo zarubezhja: 1917-1939: Biografitcheskij slovar.
• Sankt-Peterburg: Izdatel'stvo Notabene 1999.
• Paris Russian: 1910-1960. St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2003. (Catalogue of the exhibition shown at the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, at the Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal and the Musée des Beaux-Arts, 2003-2004)

External links and references

• Images of art by Orloff

На других языках

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- [en] Alexandre Orloff

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[fr] Alexandre Orloff

Alexandre Orloff est un peintre d'origine russe, né à Radom, Pologne (selon d'autres sources - à Saint-Pétersbourg) le 27 janvier 1899, mort à Cormeilles-en-Parisis, près de Paris, le 3 avril 1979.

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[ru] Орлов, Александр Константинович (художник)

Алекса́ндр Константи́нович Орло́в (27 января 1899 — 3 апреля 1979) — французский художник и иллюстратор, кубист русского происхождения.

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