Alexei Maximov

In his work Maximov has used traditional methods of enamel art production, without contemporary digital set ovens.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rostmuseum.ru/publication/historyCulture/2002/pavlovich01.html|title=Dokumenty khudozhnikov-emal'yerov v arkhive Muzeyev Moskovskogo Kremlya|script-title=ru:Документы художников-эмальеров в архиве Музеев Московского Кремля|trans-title=Documents of enamel artists in the archives of the Moscow Kremlin Museums|last=Pavlovich|first=M.K.|language=Russian|access-date=2019-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521074453/http://www1.rostmuseum.ru/publication/historyCulture/2002/pavlovich01.html|archive-date=2017-05-21|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} During the late 20th-century, Maximov led a resurgence of enamel-based art in Russia.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVIvDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT5|title=The Art Of Enameling Upon Metals|first=Alexander|last=Fisher|date=18 May 2016|publisher=Read Books Ltd|isbn=9781473363878|via=Google Books}} The first exhibition of Maximov's work occurred at the Podolsk Town Museum in 1979, and the second was held in 1979 at the State Literature Museum in Moscow.{{Cite web|url=http://rp.vzgallery.com/en/test/128|title=Working on The Royal Portraits. Ideas come true|last=Alexei|first=Maximov|website=rp.vz.gallery.com|access-date=2019-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110204625/http://rp.vzgallery.com/en/test/128|archive-date=2013-11-10|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Another exhibition Maximov's work took place at the Kremlin Armoury.{{cite web|url=http://www.efross.com/press/17.pdf|title=17.pdf|website=Efross.com|last=Rodimtseva|first=I. A.}} In 2012 an exhibition of his work was held in the William Kent House in London,{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9178392/Let-them-drink-vodka-how-the-Queen-Mother-rewarded-a-Russian-portrait-artist.html|title='Let them drink vodka': how the Queen Mother rewarded a Russian portrait artist|first=Adam|last=Lusher|date=1 April 2012|publisher=|via=telegraph.co.uk}} showing his enamel miniature portraits of members of the royal families of the UK, the Netherlands, and Norway.{{cite web|url=http://en.newstyle-mag.com:80/autors/vika-nova/alexei-maximov-enamel-%E2%80%93-a-delicate-matter.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104045923/http://en.newstyle-mag.com/autors/vika-nova/alexei-maximov-enamel-%E2%80%93-a-delicate-matter.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2012|title=Alexei Maximov: Enamel â€" a delicate matter - New Style Magazine (english version)|date=4 January 2012|access-date=22 September 2019}} This included the twentieth anniversary of his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as well as her Diamond Jubilee.{{cite news|title=Queen Mother's vodka toast to Russian artist|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2012-01-20|df=dmy-all}}

Following the exhibition of the works, which can only be seen by appointment, they were put up for auction.{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/art/kremlin-s-portraits-of-royals-to-fetch-up-to-10m-1-2064298|title=Kremlin's portraits of royals to fetch up to £10m|website=Scotsman.com}} Queen Elizabeth II recommended that Princess Anne sit for Maximov the following week, and Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother later that month.{{Cite web|url=http://rp.vzgallery.com/en/test/132|title=Enamel, the Combination of Elements|last=Alexei|first=Maximov|website=rp.vz.gallery.com|access-date=2019-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110205659/http://rp.vzgallery.com/en/test/132|archive-date=2013-11-10|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} His work has been a part of around one hundred art exhibitions.{{cite web|author=Delovoi Peterburg|year=2001|script-title=ru:EVXpress - Королевских особ рисовали "без платья"|url=https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/doc/2706591|website=dlib.eastview.com}}

File:H. M. Queen Elizabeth II. 2011, Enamel painting, silver, diamonds.jpg|alt="The Queen Elizabeth II"|Queen Elizabeth II

File:The portrait of Carl Faberge. 1991,Enamel painting, silver.jpg

File:The portrait of the artist Inna Olyevskaya. 1981, Enamel painting, silver.jpg

File:Bottle and green apple. 1995, Painting on a canvas.jpg

File:Driveway. 2021.jpg|alt=Driveway. 2021 graphite pencil on paper, 19 х 19 cm, The State Hermitage Museum

File:Turn. 2021.jpg|alt=Turn. 2021 graphite pencil on paper, 19 х 19 cm, The State Hermitage Museum

File:Exhibition at the Kremlin Armoury.jpg

The artist's works are presented in the collections of museums:

• Moscow Kremlin Museums. Moscow
• The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg   
• State Historical Museum. Moscow
• State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg
• State Literary Museum. Moscow
• Literature Museum of Dostoyevsky, St Petersburg
• The Museum & Nature Reserve «Tsaritsyno». Moscow
• All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts. Moscow
• Enamel Museum Limoges. France
• Collection of Queen Elizabeth II, London

Alexei Maximov is from St. Petersburg, Russia.

In 1982 the artist was awarded the International Award for Remarkable Artistic Achievement on the III Quadriennale of Applied Arts in Erfurt, Germany.

In 1988 he was awarded the Grand Prix of the Leningrad Committee of The Union of Russian Artists.

In the same year, the miniature "Vernissage", after receiving the purchase prize, was placed in the exposition of the Enamel Museum in Limoges (France).[http://www.museebal.fr/node/295]

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Category:20th-century Russian male artists

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Category:21st-century Russian male artists