Alexander Mikhailovich Semyonov (1922 - 1984)

Alexander Mikhailovich Semyonov

Alexander Mikhailovich Semyonov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Семёнов) was a Soviet artist of the second half of the twentieth century. He is known as a landscape painter, a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.

Even at the beginning of his career Alexander Semyonov chose the main direction of his work: urban landscapes of Leningrad - streets, bridges, embankments. He mastered the plein air, creating nature studies and paintings with bright colors and precise color harmony. His artistic style was formed by the mid-1960s, distinguished by freshness, immediacy and the art of conveying the first impression of cityscapes.