Alexander Brulloff
Alexander Brulloff Biography
Alexander Brulloff (Brullo until 1822, when the family name was changed according to Russian pronunciation) was a prominent architect, but also a very talented artist. Among others, he designed and built the following buildings in St. Petersburg: Mikhaylovskiy Theater (now Maliy Theater, 1831-1833), Lutheran Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (1833-1838), Pulkov Observatory (1834-1839), the Headquarters of Guard Corps on Palace Square (1837-1843). He was the elder brother of great Russian painter Karl Brulloff and was born in 1798 in St. Petersburg into the family of painters: his great grand-father, his grand-father, his father and his brothers were artists. His first teacher was his father Paul Brulloff. He attended the Academy of Arts' architect class in 1810 - 1820 and graduated with honors. Along with his brother, Karl, he was sent to Europe to study art and architecture as a pensioner of the Society for the Promotion of Artists.
Alexander Brulloff 14 Most Important Paintings and Artworks
- Sennaya Square In St. Petersburg.
1822-1826. Lithograph.
- Rome. View Of The Baths Of Diocletian.
1823. Watercolor. Read Note.
- Portrait Of C. I. Zagriazhskaya.
1820s. Watercolor. The Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Portrait Of Count I. A. Capo D'Istrias.
1820s. Pencil on paper. The Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Portrait Of The Princess N. S. Golitzina.
1822. Watercolor, pencil on paper. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Italian Ruins.
1822-1826. Watercolor. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Porttrait Of A Young Lady.
Late 1820s or early 1830s. Watercolor. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Self-Portrait.
1830. Watercolor, graphite pencil, gouache.
- Portrait Of N. N. Pushkina, Nee Goncharova.
1831. Watercolor. The Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Male Portrait.
1830s. Watercolor. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Church Of St. Catherine In Pargolovo.
c.1831. Watercolor. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Portrait Of Catherine Bakunina.
1830-1832. Watercolors on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Portrait Of Count A. A. Perovsky (The Writer Anton Pogorelsky).
1830s. Watercolor. The Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Portrait Of A Young Woman In White.
Watercolors and charcoal on paper pasted on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
Alexander Brulloff Bibliography
Alexander Bruloff. by G. Ol. Leningrad. 1983. (in Russian)
Karl Brulloff. by G. Leontyeva. Leningrad. 1986. (in Russian)
Famous Russians in the 18th and 19th centuries. St. Petersburg. 1996. (in Russian)
Russian Painters. St. Petersburg. 1998. (in Russian)
The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History Art) by George Heard Hamilton. Yale Univ Pr, 1992.
A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970 by John Milner. Antique Collectors' Club, 1993.
