Paintings By Alexander Saidov

Born in Pavlovsk, Russia in 1970, Alexander Saidov graduated with honors from the Krasnodar Art College in 1989. In 1995 he was accepted into a prestigious Union Of Artists of Russia, and since 1991 has been a permanent participant of the city, regional and country-wide exhibitions of the Union.

In 1998, Alexander won First Place at the regional exhibition of the “young talent.” In 2000, he was a finalist of the all-Russia exhibition of young artists, and received the “Best Merit” award for his painting “Feast on the Rug.”

In 2003 two of Alexander’s paintings were purchased by the Museum of Modern Art of Omsk, Russia and another was purchased by Museum of Ethnography of the Don region. In 2004 Alexander received a Silver Medal at the juried show “St. Petersburg, Spring,” and the Gold Medal on the “St. Petersburg, Fall.” In March 2005, the president of the Academy of Fine Art of Russia called Alexander “one of the most promising young artists of contemporary Russia.” Also that year, one painting by Alexander was purchased by the Russian Academy of Fine Art, Moscow. In 2006, The City Art Gallery & Museum of Krasnodar purchased four still-life paintings by Alexander and included them in their permanent collection.

In 2007, two of Alexander’s paintings were purchased by the Administration of the President of Russia to be part of the permanent art collection at the Presidential Palace in Gatchina, St. Petersburg. In 2009, Alexander was included in the catalog “100 Best” by Art Renewal Center’s International ARC Salon, USA. 

Great musicians have absolute pitch, and they not only can hear but can create absolutely exact and beautiful sounds. The same with visual artists. Good artists see many more colors than other people. But some of the artists can see much more. Like a musician’s “absolute pitch,” they have “absolute vision.” It is a rare quality and usually manifests itself at a very early age by a child’s ability to paint and draw very realistic objects with many small details and many more colors that other people do not even notice. 

Alexander is a champion of this “absolute vision.” While in  middle school, he painted on the top of his desk a rubble bill and had students and teachers alike try to grab the bill, even attempting to grab it several times, with absolutely puzzled faces. 

In all his paintings, Alexander brings so many details that our eyes mistake his images for a real thing, and we want to touch them to be sure they aren’t real. This is especially apparent in his still-lifes.

The absolute vision combined with perfect technique is what differentiates Alexander from almost all other painters. It's romantic, it's great and it's magnificent. Look at the details, at the exact colors, and notice the impression you get that his subjects are real.