Alexei Pakhomov

School of Technical Drawing of Baron Alexander von Stieglitz

Pakhomov was born into a peasant family in a small village. For years, Pakhomovs father was elected as village head, so the child Alexei had access to paper. He began to draw himself a lot. People came to see his drawing, and soon the local landlord, Zubov, came to see him and invited him to come and visit. During those visits Zubov gave the boy drawing paper and crayons and showed him pictures of Surikov and Repin. When the boy finished primary education at the village school, Zubov arranged for Alexei to go to high school in Kadnikov.

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