Aleksandr Sokolov (painter, born 1829)

His father was the portrait painter, Pyotr Sokolov. Alexander Brullov and Karl Brullov were his uncles. He left the gymnasium in 1847, before completing his studies, to enter the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. After two years there, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts. Upon receiving the title of "Artist", he decided to follow in his father's footsteps and devote himself mostly to watercolor portraiture. In 1859, a painting of his brother, Pyotr, was among those that won him the title of "Academician". In 1881, he became a member of the Peredvizhniki and exhibited with them frequently. He became especially well known for portraits of women, doing several of Empress Maria Feodorovna and other members of the Imperial Family. In 1883, his portraits of Tsar Alexander III and the Tsarina in their Imperial robes were included in the official . from 1892 to 1907, he served as curator of the Russian Academy of Arts Museum; housed at the Imperial Academy. He became a full member of the Academy in 1896. == Writings ==

Pavel Petrovich Sokolov (by A. P. Sokolov).jpg|Pavel Sokolov, the painter's brother, signed and dated 1858; Pushkin Museum, Moscow Aleksandr Petrovich Sokolov, Prince Alexey Ivanovich Kropotkin, 1860, Tropinin Museum, Moscow Г-46; from goskatalog.ru.jpg|Prince , signed and dated 1860; , Moscow Imeretinskay by Sokolov.jpg|Princess , scholarly dated 1870s; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg SokolovA 001.jpg|The Girl with Flowers, portrayal of Anna Sokolova, the painter's daughter, signed and dated 1884; owned by ballistics scholar during the Soviet era, auctioned at Sotheby's in November 2014 Aleksandr Petrovich Sokolov, Ivan Yendogurov, 1889, Kroshitsky Museum, Sevastopol Г-65.jpg|Ivan Yendogurov, signed and dated 1889; , Sevastopol Maria Tenisheva by A.P.Sokolov (1898, GRM).jpg|Princess Maria Tenisheva, signed and dated 1898; Russian Museum "Portrait of L. Hausch", Sokolov Alexander.jpg|'''', signed and undated; Simferopol Art Museum ==References==