Alexander Antanenka

Russian, Born 1951. Alexander Antanenka was an artist born on February 16, 1951, in the city of Brest in the Soviet Union. Antanenka was inclined towards arts from a young age and started pencil drawing when he was just 5. The artist went on to attend art school (grade school) situated in Brest and decided to pursue painting as a profession. He attended the Art Academy in Leningrad, in Saint Peterburg in Russia, and graduated in 1978 as a class topper. The artist enjoyed a humble living in Minsk with his wife and daughter and worked as a professional painter. However, after the Chernobyl blasts, Antanenka settled in Magadan city in Siberia and started a new life. Siberia was a place preferred by many exiled artists and poets from the Soviet government.

In Magadan, his work started depicting his emotions like sadness and fury. Alexander Antanenka’s paintings for sale from this period are dramatic and catastrophic compared to his earlier landscapes portraying vibrant and calming nature. Here he also garnered the interest of Japanese collectors. However, Antanenka was forbidden to show at exhibitions by the KGB. After the Soviet Union’s collapse, the painter moved back to Minsk and conducted shows on many cities which were a part of the Soviet Union. Alexander Antanenka recently shifted to the U.S. and settled there.

Alexander Antanenka’s artwork for sale from recent years features bright and calming colors, a feature common in his early artworks. Collectors can find Alexander Antanenka’s paintings at online auction and on display in private collections worldwide in countries like Belgium, Germany, Israel, Holland, Poland, Japan, Russia, Czech Republic, the USA, and Italy. Alexander Antanenka’s artwork at online auction is often available with leading auction houses. Many auction houses also host Alexander Antanenka’s paintings at online auction on their auction platforms.