Beggrow Alexander Carlovich (1841-1914), artist

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BEGGROW Alexander Carlovich (1841, St. Petersburg - 1914, Gatchina), artist. The son of Carl Beggrow, Alexander studied at the Engineering and Artillery Schools (1853-1863); and in Academy of Arts under Mikhail Klodt (1873, an academic since 1899, an honorary member of Academy of Arts since 1912); and in Paris under Alexey Bogolyubov and L.J.F. Bonna (1871-74). He served as an officer on the frigate Svetlana, and later as the painter of the Naval Ministry. Beggrow participated in several expeditions around the world. Mainly, he painted seascapes and scenes of seaports. He dedicated the following paintings to scenes of St. Petersburg: The Neva River Embankment, 1876; The View of the Neva from the Winter Palace, 1882 (both in the State Russian Museum); St. Petersburg Exchange, 1891 (the State Tretyakov Gallery) et al. He was a member of the Society of Travelling Exhibitions (as of 1876) and a founding member of the Society of Russian Watercolorists (1887).

Reference: Коростин А. Русская литография XIX века. М., 1953.

O. L. Leikind, D.Y. Severyukhin. Beggrow Alexander Carlovich
Beggrow Carl Petrovich
Bogolyubov Alexey
Bonnat L.J.F.
Klodt von Jurgensburg Peter Karlovich
Коростин А. Ф. Русская литография XIX века. М., 1953 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
Ministry of the Navy
Travelling Art Exhibitions, Society for
Society of Russian Watercolorists
Russian Museum, State