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{{short description|Russian painter (1798–1877)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Pavlovich|Brullov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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{{Infobox artist
| native_name   = {{nobold|Александр Брюллов}}
| image         = Alexander Brullov - Self-portrait - 1830.jpg
| image_size    = 
| caption       = Self-portrait, 1830
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1798|11|29|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Saint Peterburg]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1877|01|09|1798|11|29|df=y}}
| death_place   = Saint Peterburg, Russian Empire
| resting place = [[Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg|Pavlovsk Cemetery]]
| known_for     = [[Painting]], [[Architecture]]
| alma_mater    = {{Imperial Academy of Arts|Alumni|1821}}
| education     = {{Imperial Academy of Arts|Member|1831}}
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| notable_works = 
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[[File:Natalia Pushkina by Brullov.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of Natalia Pushkina ({{Circa|1831}})]]
'''Alexander Pavlovich Brullov''', sometimes '''Brulloff''' ('''Brulleau''' until 1822; {{Langx|ru|Александр Павлович Брюллов|Aleksandr Pavlovich Bryullov}}; 29 November 1798 – 9 January 1877), was a Russian artist associated with Russian [[Neoclassicism]].

==Early life==
Alexander Brullov was born in [[Saint Petersburg]] into a family of French artists: his great-grandfather, his grandfather, his father and his brothers (including [[Karl Brullov]]) were artists. His first teacher was his father Paul. He attended the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] architecture class from 1810 to 1820, and graduated with honors. Along with his brother, Karl, he was sent to Europe to study art and architecture with a stipend from the Society for the Promotion of Artists.

==Career==
Alexander Brullov spent eight years abroad, from 1822 to 1830, in Italy, Germany and France, studying architecture and art. He painted many [[watercolor]] portraits at that time. Among the best were those of Yekaterina Pavlovna Bakunina, [[John Capodistria]],  [[Natalia Pushkina|Natalya Goncharova-Pushkina]], wife of the Russian poet [[Alexander Pushkin]] and Yekaterina Ivanovna Zagryazhskaya, her aunt. He also did illustrations for books and magazines.

In 1831, after his return to Russia, he was appointed professor at the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] and these were the years when he created his best architectural projects. Among others, he designed and supervised the construction of the following buildings in Saint Petersburg: 
*[[Mikhailovsky Theatre]] (now Maliy Theater, 1831–1833)
*[[Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul]] on [[Nevsky Prospekt]] (1833–1838)
*[[Pulkovo Observatory]] (1834–1839)
*The Guard Corps Headquarters on [[Palace Square]] (1837–1843). 
He was one of the principal architects for the reconstruction of the [[Winter Palace]] after the fire of 1837. He designed many striking interiors there, including the ''Pompei Hall'', the ''[[Malachite Room of the Winter Palace|Malachite Room]]'', and the ''[[The White Hall of the Winter Palace|White Hall]]''.

In 1844 he designed and built [[Orenburg Caravanserai]] in [[Orenburg]].

His son [[Pavel Brullov|Pavel]] also became a painter of some note.

== Brullov - portrait painter ==
Alexander Brullov was an outstanding watercolourist. He painted portraits of the Royal Family in Naples. He made a drawing of the [[Colosseum|Coliseum]] in Rome for [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Empress Maria Feodorovna]].

In 1831–1832, he painted the famous watercolour portrait of Pushkin's wife Natalia Goncharova. It is one of her best portraits, and one of the best watercolours in the history of Russian art.

In 1837, Briullov painted his portrait of [[Walter Scott]] at an evening in Paris at the house of Princess [[House of Golitsyn|Golitsina]] and had the drawing transferred onto the lithographic stone. In 1830 in St Petersburg Brullov painted a watercolour portrait of Prince [[Lopukhin family|Lopukhin]], a year later he painted a watercolour portrait of [[Alexander II of Russia|Tsarevich Alexander]] surrounded by cadets from the Guards corps.<ref>"11 - Parents and Son". From Peter the Great to the Death of Nicholas I, Verlag Nicht Ermittelbar, Erscheinungsort Nicht Ermittelbar, 1995.</ref>

==Buildings designed by Brullov==
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File:Набережные и мосты канала Грибоедова 9.JPG|[[Mikhailovsky Theatre]]
File:Saint Petersburg Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul IMG 5708 1280.jpg|[[Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul]]
File:Pulkovo Observatory5.jpg|[[Pulkovo Observatory]]
File:Guards Corps Headquarters SPB.jpg|East side of [[Palace Square]]
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==Writings==
*''Thermes de Pompéi''. A. Firman Didot, Paris, 1829.<ref>[http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/Tei-Viewer/cgi-bin/teiviewer.php?manifest=BOOK-192969 ''Thermes de Pompéi''] arachne.uni-koeln.de Retrieved 22 November 2017.</ref>

== References ==
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==Literature==
* {{cite book| author = С. Н. Кондаков | url =https://dlib.rsl.ru/viewer/01004180464#?page=303  | title = Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764-1914 |date = 1915 |volume= 2 | pages = 298–299 | language= ru | ref = Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts}}

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