Pushnin, Aleksandr

1921 - 1991

Aleksandr Pushnin was born March 28, 1921 in Marshansk, Russia. He attended his first art school in 1934, at the age of thirteen. In 1940, Pushnin was accepted into the Fine Arts Academy of St. Perersburg (Repin Institute). Following military service in World War II, Pushnin returned to the Academy and graduated in 1950. He studied in the studio of Professors Frentz andGerasimov, where he completed his diploma piece, "Arrest of the Temporary Government". He became a member of the Union of Artists in 1950.

Pushnin taught at the Academy in St. Petersburg from 1955 until his retirement in 1988. He taught drawing and sculpture in the architecture department. Pushnin died September 5, 1991 in St. Petersburg. He is listed in Matthew Bown’s, A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian and Soviet Painters, 1900-1980’s.