Alexander Alexandrovich Blinkov (1911 - 1995)

Alexander Alexandrovich Blinkov

Alexander Alexandrovich Blinkov (Russian: Александр Александрович Блинков) was a Soviet and Russian artist of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist and teacher.

Alexander Blinkov painted genre and battle paintings, portraits, landscapes, animalistics, and also created dioramas and panoramas. Among the famous works of the artist are the paintings "The Taking of Vyborg by Soviet troops", "Partisan Trails", "Kursk Bulge", "Naval Maneuvers", panorama "Defense of Petrograd", diorama "Battle of Stalingrad" and others.

Blinkov actively taught and was associated with the Higher Art and Industrial School in Leningrad. His works are in museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, France, Ukraine, Germany and other countries.