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Selected dates:
June 1, 1945
Born in the village of Mokhro, Ivanovsky district, Brest region (BSSR, now the Republic of Belarus).
1962
The artist left for Krasnoyarsk. There he worked as a carpenter at the construction site of the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station and studied at the evening school for working youth. After he entered the Art School named after Vasily Surikov.
1964
The artist was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army.
1968
After demobilization, he left for Minsk and immediately went to study at the art studio at the Palace of Culture of the Tractor Plant, which was led by the artist Anatoly Baranovsky.
1969
He entered the Belarusian Theater and Art Institute (now the Belarusian State Academy of Arts) in the painting department. Studied with Boris Arakcheev and Natan Voronov.
1984
The artist met his future wife Inessa. After meeting her, he wrote his first work with the image of the Madonna.
1989
The first personal exhibition at the Palace of Arts in Minsk, it presented the famous cycle of works with the image of the Madonnas.
1991
The first foreign exhibition of the artist in New York, the proceeds of which went to the treatment of children affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
1996
The exposition of the artist's paintings was shown at the National Art Museum of Belarus and was timed to coincide with the first celebration of Mother's Day in the republic.
October 31, 2013
The artist died and was buried at the Eastern (Moscow) cemetery in Minsk.
June 1, 2014
The solemn opening of the gallery of Alexei Kuzmich took place in the village of Mokhro. For the exposition of the gallery, the artist's family presented 50 paintings of various subjects, among which were works from the "Polesye Madonnas" series that were especially close and understandable to local residents, as well as Polesye landscapes. The central place in this collection is occupied by a portrait of the artist's mother Alexandra Maksimovna. The memorial corner displays many of Alexey Kuzmich's personal belongings, as well as paints, brushes and an easel with unfinished work.