February 2 was born painter seascape Alexei V. Hansen

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Alexei V. Hansen was born 02.02. (19.01st.st.) in 1876 in Odessa.
Designer marine painter, professor, collector, artist Naval Ministry Russia, court counselor of seniority with 5.10.1913g., Honorary Member of the Guardianship of orphanages, one of the three, who were artists, grandchildren, IK Aivazovsky, son of his second daughter Mary.
Had awards: SW Anna 3st., St. Stanislaus 2 and 3 tbsp., Light bronze medal in memory of 300 - anniversary of the reign of the House of Romanov, the French Medal of Honor "Offizier d'Academie", as well as the award "Mention honorable" for now " Black Sea "(Paris, 1907).
Graduated from the Faculty of the Imperial Novorossiysk University in Odessa. From 1900 to 1917 is in the civil service institutions in the Office of the Empress Maria, and in 1915 transferred to the service of the Ministry of the Sea as an artist of the Naval Staff of Russia and at the same time does not leave the civil service.
A. Hansen studied painting with K. Zalcman, P. Meyergeyma in Germany, then in Paris E.Rober-Fleury and J. Lefebvre. He graduated from Berlin and the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Hansen was a member of the International Association of watercolors, engravings Association, the Russian Society of Artists in Paris, the society, the Association of Artists ".
Hansen was involved in numerous exhibitions: TYURH in Odessa and the Spring Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts (1898-1904), a large exhibition of Berlin (1903); exhibitions in Venice, Florence (1904-1907) Exhibition Gallery «International Art Galleri» (1910) in the gallery Lemercier (1913), exhibitions of paintings Russian society watercolors, the exhibition of paintings "The War", and since 1920, while in exile and living in Dubrovnik, he exhibits in Zagreb, Rome, Prague, Osijek, Subotica, Belgrade, Buenos Aires (twice), Rio de Janeiro, Bucharest.
AV Hansen had solo exhibitions in Paris (1908, 1929). He painted on the Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905);. illustrated the events of World War I (1914-1917), illustrated album "Imperial Navy of Russia (St. Petersburg), a book by Rear Admiral Bubnov AD "The history of naval warfare" (1933, Zagreb). Alex Hansen published in the magazine New Times, "Chronicle of war", "Twinkle", "Niva", "Sun of Russia".
Since 1910 with the aim of opening an art gallery in Odessa, like his grandfather IK Gallery Aivazovsky, acquired paintings by Russian and European artists. The collection comprises 400 paintings, among them works by Aivazovsky, Rembrandt, Meunier, Meyer, Eberle, Rafalta, Roerich, Burdanova, Brodsky, Dobuzhinsky, Vrubel and other artists.
AV Hansen emigrated from Russia in January 1920 and before he died 19/10/1937, he lived in his villa in Dubrovnik (Croatia). He was married first marriage to a widow Muruzi Olympics Vladimirovna.
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