Alexei Maximov

Alexei Alexandrovich Maximov (Russian Алексей Александрович Максимов; * 1952 in the USSR) is a Soviet and Russian painter.

He is known as author of enamel thumbnails, is also active in the genera portrait, landscape and still- life painting. The works by Alexei Maximov are located in several art museums in Russia and also in foreign museums. In 1987 he became a member of the Federal painters of Russia, a total of his works have been shown in more than 100 art exhibitions in the world. He lives in Saint Petersburg in Russia.

Portraits of royal personages

For the first time in the history of Russian culture agreed the ruling Queen of Great Britain in 1992, to sit in front of Russian artists model - this honor Maximov and Efros. The meeting made ​​the queen a pleasant impression, so after a week sitting on their recommendation for Princess Anna Maksimov model, and 31 of the same month the " Queen Mother ". 1994 and 1999 were meetings of the model standing in The Hague ( Netherlands ) and Oslo ( Norway) performed, where the painter reigning monarchs of these countries represented.

Exhibitions

The first personal exhibition of Maximov was organized in 1979 together with the painter Leonid Efros in the local museum of the city of Podolsk. The second was held at the State Museum of Literature in Moscow the same year. Two major personal exhibitions Maximov found in the early 1990s held in the armory of the Kremlin, in which his works were shown in the historical context of art of enamel painting in several centuries of Russian history. 1995 and 1999 he had shown his personal exhibitions in Germany (Dortmund, Witten ), at the exhibitions were the prints and paintings.

In 1991 the painter to order the Museums of the Moscow Kremlin with assistance of the Alexander Konanychin funds for the Jubilee Exhibition "The World Faberge " a miniature "Portrait of Faberge " painted. The exhibition organizer - Museum experts presented from the thumbnail in the central showcase of exposure, along with the key work of the exhibition, the Easter Egg " Moscow Kremlin ". The exhibition has been shown to Moscow in some large stands of the world.

In April 2012 took place in London in the William Kent House Castle ( Ritz, London) the exhibition of works by Alexei Maximov "Royal Portraits " project, which in the 50th Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and the 20th anniversary of the first meeting Buckingham Palace ( 3 March 1992) was dedicated. In this exhibition enamel miniatures were shown with representation of Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, the Princess Anne, Queen Beatrix, King Harald V and Queen Sonja, Model drawings, and more than 50 photographs that were made at the meetings.

The Queen Elizabeth II agreed to the anniversary of the accession to the throne, to accept one of the portraits, which was a part of the collection as a gift, which was taken to Buckingham Palace after the conclusion of the exhibition.

Technology

The production of such a miniature can take more than twelve months; the color of the portrait is due to multiple burn each layer reached (it may take up to 20 such layers give ). The miniatures are framed with white gold, silver and diamonds

Awards

1982 Maximov was for two miniatures "Portrait of Dmitri Werewitinows " and "Portrait of the artist Inna Olewskaja " at the III. Quadrennial of decorative art in Erfurt, Germany won the international award for outstanding artistic contribution. In 1988 he was awarded the main prize of the exhibition " Enamel 88 " of the Leningrad Department of the Federal Russian painter for the triptych " mountains, city, Gothic ". In the same year the miniature "Vernissage " was shown after receipt of the purchase price in the exposure of the enamel Museum in Limoges (France).

Works (selection)