Aleksandr Gerasimov (painter)

Aleksandr Gerasimov
Born(1881-08-12)12 August 1881
Kozlov (now Michurinsk) in Tambov, Russian Empire
Died23 July 1963(1963-07-23) (aged 81)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian, Soviet
Alma materMoscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
MovementSocialist realism

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gerasimov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Гера́симов; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1881 – 23 July 1963) was a Soviet and Russian painter. He was a leading proponent of socialist realism in the visual arts, and painted Joseph Stalin and other Soviet leaders.

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