Alexander Lotsman

Born in 1947 in Khakassia and raised in Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Alexander Lotsman graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Art College. Following compulsory military service, Alexander moved to Leningrad where he took extramural study courses at the Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, attended lectures at the School of History of the Leningrad State University, and spent long hours at the Hermitage and Russian Museum.

The 1980s saw the first exhibitions of the TEII (Society for Experimental Visual Art) unofficial artistic association. From then on, the artist started actively exhibiting at home and later, following the breakup of the Soviet Union, abroad. In the 1990s, Alexander became involved with Pushkinskaya-10, the first art centre to spontaneously emerge in the city and later be officially recognised by the authorities. However, big city life was never completely to Lotsman’s liking. Every year, he would travel across the country in search of new experiences, finding quiet spots to peacefully paint local views. For the entirety of his life, landscape remained the artist’s favourite genre.

Alexander Lotsman lived and worked in St. Petersburg where he died in 2022.