ALEXEY
KAMENSKY
Alexey Kamensky was born in 1927 in the town of Sukhumi
in the Caucasus. In 1934, the Kamensky family moved to Moscow.
In 1939, Alexey entered the Moscow Middle School of Fine
Arts. In 1945, he continued his education in the Surikov
Fine Arts Institute in Moscow, from which he graduated in
1951. In 1958, Kamensky joined the Artists Union of the
USSR.
In 1974, Alexey started to work at the State Graphics Art
Company. For 15 years, he produced illustrations for children’s
books. His art finally became known to a broader public
in the years of Perestroika.
Kamensky has exhibited his works since 1956. Most notably,
he participated in the exhibits Russia-America
in the Tretyakov Gallery in 1988, Other Art in
the Tretyakov Gallery in 1991, Abstract
Art in Russia: The Twentieth Century in the Russian
Museum in 2001 and in Revision
of Material in the Tretyakov Gallery in 2005-2006.
His works are found in the State
Tretyakov Gallery, the State
Russian Museum, The
Nadya Brykina Gallery in Zurich and in other museums
and private collections around the world.
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