Aleksandr Gerasimov (painter)

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Aleksandr Gerasimov
Born	(1881-08-12)12 August 1881 Kozlov (now Michurinsk) in Tambov, Russian Empire
Died	23 July 1963(1963-07-23) (aged 81) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian, Soviet
Alma mater	Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Movement	Socialist realism

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gerasimov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Гера́симов; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1881 – 23 July 1963) was a Soviet and Russian painter. He was a leading proponent of socialist realism in the visual arts, and painted Joseph Stalin and other Soviet leaders.