Baturin Alexandr

Born in Helsinki, Finland. 1931-1934 – takes V. V. Sterligov’s painting and drowing classes. 1934 – is arrested and until 1946 he is situated in Stalin’s prisoner camps. 1956 – he is rehabilitated and comes back to Leningrad to meet again with Sterligov and to continue their team-work. He is the first Punin prize laureate. 2002 – is conferred a decoration upon the Friendship order.

Exhibitions: 2000 – “Viritsa. Mikhailovskoe”, S.P.A.S. gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia; “In Pushkin hills. Mikhailovskoe village”, Masters’ Guild gallery, Mikhailovskoe, Russia; 1999 – “Alexander Baturin”, Exhibitional hall of the St.-Petersburg Artist’s Union, St.-Petersburg, Russia; 1998 – “Viritsa. 1988”, S.P.A.S. gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia; “Alexander Baturin. Painting. Pastel”, Masters’ Guild gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia; 1997- “Alexander Baturin’s pastels and drawings”, S.P.A.S. gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia; “Nature’s geometry”, Nevograf Exhibitional hall with an interaction of the Alexander Baturin’s Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia; “Alexander Baturin”, Likon gallery, Hemniz, Germany; 1996 - presentation of the Alexander Baturin’s Institute in Paris, S.P.A.S. gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia; “Painting and Pastel”,the 7^th district city hall, Paris, France; 1995 - the Alexander Baturin’s Institute, Paris, France; 1994 - S.P.A.S. gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia; Masters’ Guild gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia; 1993 – “Artist’s world”, the Art Center named in honor of S. P. Diagilev, the Academy of Art Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia; 1992 – Anely Bruno Salon, Amsterdam, Holland; 1979 – “Painting and drawing”, LOSH, Leningrad, USSR; Exhibitional hall of the Artist’s Union, Leningrad, USSR. 

Collections: The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moskow, Russian Federation; The State Russian Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation; The State Museum of the  History of Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation; The Regional Art Museum of Arkhangels, Russian Federation; IFA, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation.