Orloff Alexandr (Orlov Alexandr)

French painter and illustrator, cubist of Russian origin.

His Cubist work began in Prague. Orloff’s painting, however, evolved to a more Symbolist style in the 1930s. After the war, he began to create abstract works in the vein of lyrical abstraction. Friends with Sergey Sharshun (Russian painter and the first Russian Dada poet). He also painted landscapes, still lifes, indoor scenes, and portraits.

Born in 1899 in Radome , Poland (according to other sources – in St. Petersburg).

Since 1924 he lived in Prague, he studied at the Ukrainian Studio of Plastic Arts S.Mako.

He participated in several exhibitions in Czechoslovakia and Poland, and in 1933 held a solo exhibition at the gallery in  Karasek, Prague.

He was a member of society “Scythians” and the Union of Czechoslovak Artists.

He worked as an illustrator in the “Prager Press” – print organ of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Since 1933 he lived in France. He exhibited in the “Tyuleri” salons, “Independent”, “new realities.” He took part in collective exhibitions of Russian artists of the Paris school and others. He held a number of solo exhibitions.

Artist’s works are in National Gallery in Prague; collection of Oscar Ghez – formerly of the Petit Palais, Geneva.

He died in 1979 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, near Paris.