Sunan Alexei Antropov sananne ne ga jama'a gabaɗaya fiye da sunayen Borovikovsky, Kiprensky, Kramskoy, Repin da sauran fitattun masu zane-zanen Rasha. Amma Alexei Petrovich ba shi da laifi ga wannan. Don lokacinsa (1716 - 1795) Antropov yayi rubutu sosai, la'akari da rashin cikakkiyar makarantar fasaha a Rasha da al'adun gargajiya na gargajiya.
Bugu da ƙari, Antropov ya sami nasarar tabbatar da kansa a matsayin mashahurin nau'ukan daban-daban. Antropov ya zama ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka rigaye gaba da saurin fure na zanen Rasha a cikin karni na 19. Wannan shine hazaka da aikin wannan fitaccen mai fasaha.
1. Alexey Antropov an haife shi cikin dangin sojan da ya yi ritaya, wanda aka ba shi matsayi mai daraja a cikin Chancellery na gine-gine don cikakken aikinsa. Aikin Pyotr Antropov ne a wannan ofishi wanda ya ba ɗansa na uku damar samun ilimin farko na zanen.
2. Kamar sauran cibiyoyi da yawa waɗanda aka kirkira ƙarƙashin Peter I, Shugabannin gine-gine ya kasance, kamar dai da gangan ne, an sanya masa suna don haka babu wanda zaiyi tunanin yanayin aikinta. Yanzu irin wannan ma'aikata za a kira shi ma'aikatar ko sashin gini. Ofishin da kansa bai gina komai ba, amma ya lura da ginin, ya tilasta musu bin dokokin ginin, kuma ya kirkiro tsare-tsare ga gundumomi da kwata-kwata bisa bukatar kwalliya. Bugu da kari, kwararru na Chancellery sun gudanar da ado na manyan gidajen sarauta da wuraren zama.
3. A koyaushe ana sanya mai zane a saman Chancellery daga ɓangaren gine - gine-gine a lokacin a Rasha sun yi karanci, kuma galibi baƙi ne. Aikinsu yana cikin buƙata, kuma da ba su je hidimar jama'a ba. Amma masu zane-zane, har ma da shahararru, koyaushe suna cikin farin ciki da samun tsayayyen kudin shiga, ba tare da sayar da zanen su ba.
4. Alexey Antropov yana da 'yan'uwa maza uku, kuma dukansu suna da ƙwarewa na ban mamaki. Stepan ya zama maƙerin bindiga, Ivan ya ƙirƙira kuma ya gyara agogo, kuma Alexei da ƙaramin Nikolai sun tafi gefen fasaha.
5. Antropov ya fara karatun fenti yana da shekara 16, lokacin, cikin sassauci, lokaci zai yi da ya kammala karatunsa. Koyaya, saurayin ya nuna himma da nuna bajinta, kuma bayan kammala karatun sai ya shiga cikin ma'aikatan Chancellery, yana karɓar aiki tare da albashi na 10 rubles a shekara.
6. ofaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa makarantar hoto ta Rasha Andrei Matveev, “mai zanen kotu na farko” (an ba da matsayin ne ga Empress Anna Ioannovna), Bafaranshe ɗan Faransa Louis Caravak da wani sanannen mai zane-zanen ɗan Rasha Ivan Vishnyakov, sun koya wa Antropov fasahar zane.
7. Ko wasu hotunan farko da Antropov ya zana sun rayu. Dangane da al'adar waccan lokacin, yawancin zane-zane, musamman ma na masu zane, an zana su daga na da. Mai zanen, bai ga mutum mai rai ba, dole ne ya zana irin wannan hoton. An ba da hankali sosai ga halayen waje na wadata, sarauta, jarumtaka ta soja, da sauransu. Masu zane-zane sun sanya hannu kan irin zane-zanen da sunayensu.
8. Tuni shekaru uku bayan sanya shi cikin ma'aikata, Antropov ya sami damar jan hankalin shugabannin sa. Ya taka rawa sosai wajen aiwatar da bangaren fasaha na nadin sarauta sarauniya Elizabeth. Ya yi aiki a Moscow, St. Petersburg da Peterhof. Tawagar masu zanen, karkashin jagorancin Vishnyakov, sun zana fadojin hunturu, Tsarskoye Selo da na rani. Antropov ya kuma gudanar, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin masu zanan ƙasashen waje, don ƙirƙirar kayan ado na gidan Opera a Tsarskoe Selo.
9. Shaidar cewa Antropov yayi kyakkyawan aiki tare da tsara abubuwan nadin sarauta da kuma gidajen sarauta shine samar da aikin sa na farko. An ba wa ɗan wasan mai shekaru 26 izini don ya kawata sabon Cocin na St. Andrew wanda aka fara kira da gumaka da bango, wanda B. Rastrelli ya gina a Kiev. A cikin Kiev, mai zane-zane ya gwada hannunsa a zanen abin tunawa, yana rubuta nasa fasalin Suarshen Jibin Maraice.
10. Bayan dawowa daga Kiev, Antropov ya ci gaba da aiki a Chancellery. Mai zanan, a bayyane yake, bai ji daɗin gwanintarsa ba. In ba haka ba, yana da wahala a bayyana sha'awar ɗan zanen ɗan shekaru 40 don ɗaukar darasi daga ɗan hoto mai suna Pietro Rotari. Antropov ya kammala karatun karatun shekaru biyu cikin nasara, bayan ya zana hoton Anastasia Izmailova a matsayin jarabawar ƙarshe.
11. Aikin Antropov a matsayin mai zanen hoto ana buƙata, amma samun kuɗi ƙanana ne kuma ba na tsari ba. Saboda haka, an tilasta mawaƙin sake shiga aikin gwamnati. An nada shi "mai kula" (mai ba da shawara) a kan masu zane-zane a cikin Majami'ar Mai Tsarki.
12. Canji na biyu na masarautar ya shafi matsayin Antropov a matsayin mai amfanarwa kamar ta farko. Da farko, ya zana hoton Peter III mai matukar nasara, kuma bayan kisan sarki, ya kirkiri dukkan wani hoto na hotunan Catherine II, wacce ta gaji matar.
13. A zamanin mulkin Catherine, al'amuran rayuwar Antropov sun inganta sosai. Ya zana hotunan da aka ba da izini na manyan sarakuna, ya sake buga hotunansa na masarauta, ya tsunduma cikin zanen gumaka, kuma adadin gumakan da suka fito daga ƙarƙashin gogarsa suna cikin goma.
14. Mai zanen ya yi koyarwa sosai. Tun daga 1765, ya koyar da ɗalibai da yawa a kan dindindin. Bayan lokaci, lambar su ta kai 20, kuma Antropov ya tura reshen babban gidansa zuwa gidansa a zaman bita. A cikin shekarun ƙarshe na rayuwar mawaƙin, matasa masu fasaha sama da 100 sun sha yin zane a ƙarƙashin kulawarsa, kuma bayan mutuwarsa an sauya gidan zuwa makaranta. Fitaccen malamin hoto, malamin makarantar Kwalejin Arts Dmitry Levitsky dalibi ne na Antropov.
15. Aleksey Antropov, wanda ya mutu a 1795, an binne shi kusa da Peter III, wanda hotonsa ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarorin nasarorin da ya samu.
