Biographical
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Alexandra Pregel (née
Avksentiev)
Early exhibitions were under the names of Avxente and Bolotov.
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| 1906 |
Alexandra’s
parents were married in the Fortress of Peter and Paul in Saint Petersburg.
Father: Nikolai Dmitrievich Avksent’ev (1878-1943), member of the right
wing of the Esser’s party, eventually one of the ministers in the Provisional
government, formed by A. Kerensky after the Russian Revolution of February,
1917.
Mother: Maria Samoilovna Tumarkina (1882-1976), a Doctor of Philosophy.
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| 1907 |
December 15, Helsingfors,
birth of Alexandra Pregel. |
| 1909 |
Divorce of Alexandra’s
parents. |
| 1910 |
Alexandra’s
mother’s marriage to Mikhail Osopovich Zetlin (pen name Amari), poet,
literary critic and editor; grandson of Wolf Vysotsky, the founder of a
tea company. |
| 1911 |
The
Zetlin family moves to Paris. |
| 1915 |
Leon Bakst paints
Alexandra’s portrait. |
| 1915-1916 |
Diego Riviera paints
Alexandra’s portrait. |
| 1917 |
Return to Russia. |
| 1918 |
Return to France. |
| 1919 |
The Zetlins founded
the Paris magazine in Russian, Sovremennye zapiski (Contemporary
Notes). |
| 1921 |
Alexandra began
to study painting at the Montparnasse studio of the Russian neo-classic
artists Vasili Shukhaev and Alexandr Yakovlev. |
| 1925(?)-1928 |
Studied at the École
des Arts Décoratifs. |
| 1929-1931 |
Studied
with N. Goncharova. |
| 1929-1931 |
Years
of marriage to the engineer Bolotov. |
| 1932
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First exhibition
in a group of young Parisian artists. Used the name of Avksentiev. |
| 1933-1940 |
Exhibitions at the
Salon des Tuileries, Salon des Indépendants, Paris. |
| 1934 |
Personal exhibition
at the Gallery de l’Elysée. |
| 1937 |
Married Boris Pregel,
a scientist and a businessman. |
| 1938 |
Exhibition at the
Gallery Bernheim, Paris. |
| 1940 |
Escaped with her
husband to the United States leaving all their belongings including 300
paintings in their Paris apartment. |
| 1943 |
Exhibition at the
New School of Social Research, New York. Exhibited 36 new paintings. |
| 1944 |
Became
a member of the American National Association of Women Artists. |
| 1945 |
Michail Zetlin’s
death (Alexandra’s step-father), New York. |
| 1946 |
Personal exhibition
at the Milch Gallery, New York.
In the years to follow (dates unknown), she participated in annual exhibitions
at the Milch Gallery, New York. |
| 1947 |
Exhibition at the
Gallery de l’Elysée, Paris.
21st Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture,
National Academy of Design, New York.
34th Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, The Toledo Museum of
Art, Toledo, Ohio. |
| 1948 |
Exhibition of American
Painters, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. |
| 1948 |
Illustrated the
ancient Russian literary work, Prince Igor. |
| 1952 |
Exhibition at Milch
Galleries, New York. |
| 1956 |
Exhibition at Wildenstein
Gallery, New York |
| 1959 |
Alexandra’s
husband, Boris Pregel, is elected as president of the New York Academy of
Science. |
| 1962 |
Natalia Goncharova’s
death. |
| 1965 |
Illustrated Passover
Hagada. |
| 1976 |
Maria Zetlin’s
death (Alexandra’s mother). |
| 1976 |
Boris Pregel’s
death. |
| 1984 |
June 28, Alexandra’s
death. |
| 1988 |
Exhibition of Post-War
Works of Alexandra Pregel, Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign, Illinois |
| 1995 |
Exhibitions of Post-War
Works of Alexandra Pregel, University of Illinois Art Gallery, Urbana-Champaign,
Illinois. |
| 2001 |
Exhibition “Lonely
Soul. Paintings 1930-1960, Paris, New York,” Maria and Michail Zetlin
Museum of Russian Art, Ramat-Gan, Israel. |
| 2003 |
Group exhibition
at the Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. |
| 2006 |
Exhibition “Alexandra
Pregel: A Search for Self,” Visual Arts Gallery, University of Illinois
at Springfield. |
| Compiled by Rosina
Neginsky, University of Illinois at Springfield, 2005 |