Russian Russian marine painter Alexey Petrovich Bogolyubov (March 16 [28], 1824, Pomeranye village, Novgorod Province — November 7, 1896, Paris) was a Russian marine painter, master of the Russian battle marina.
Grandson of the writer A. N. Radishchev. Bogolyubov was born in the village of Pomerania in the Novgorod province on March 16 [28], 1824 in the family of a landowner, retired colonel Pyotr Gavrilovich Bogolyubov and Fekla Alexandrovna Radishcheva (1795-1845) - the daughter of the writer Alexander Nikolaevich Radishchev.
Having lost his father early, he was sent to the Alexander Minor Cadet Corps, and from there transferred to the Naval Cadet Corps, graduating with the rank of midshipman in 1841. He served as an adjutant to Vice Admiral Alexander Alekseevich Durasov. While still a cadet, Bogolyubov began painting. In 1849, he was among the officers of the ship kAmchatka, on which Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg went to Madeira. After getting acquainted with Bogolyubov's drawings, the duke advised the young officer to devote himself to art.
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