Alekandr Vasilyevich Kuprin (March 10 [22], 1880, Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Province, March 18, 1960, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet landscape painter. He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1956 and became a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR in 1954.

Kuprin was born into the family of a county school teacher in a small town in Voronezh Province. In 1893, his family moved to Voronezh, where he studied at a gymnasium until his father's death in 1896. Due to financial difficulties, he began working as a clerk in the management of the South-Eastern Railway. During this time, his passion for art led him to evening classes at the Voronezh School of Painting and Drawing under the Society of Lovers of the Arts. In 1902, he went to St. Petersburg to become an artist.

Until 1904, Kuprin studied at the school of L. E. Dmitriev-Kavkazsky, then moved to Moscow, where he attended the studio of K. F. Yuon and I. O. Dudin for two years. In 1906, he enrolled in the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, initially in the figure class, and from January 1907, in the life class under the guidance of K. A. Korovin. However, due to tuberculosis, he had to go to Crimea. In 1908, after receiving medical clearance, he returned to Moscow and continued his studies in the workshops of A. E. Arkhipov and L. O. Pasternak.

In 1909, Kuprin participated for the first time in the "Golden Fleece" salon, where works influenced by the latest trends in French art were exhibited. In 1910, he left the school and became an active member of the "Jack of Diamonds" association, focusing on still lifes in a cubist style for nearly 14 years.

In 1913 and 1914, he visited Italy and France. In 1918, Kuprin began teaching at VKhUTEMAS, and in 1920, he went on a business trip to Nizhny Novgorod, where he led art workshops.

Returning to Moscow in 1924, he turned to realistic landscape painting and became a member of the "Moscow Painters" association in 1925. In 1926 and 1930, he traveled annually to Bakhchisarai, where he created Crimean landscapes such as "Bakhchisarai. Twilight" and "Bakhchisarai. Evening. Churuk-Su River."

Since 1928, Kuprin taught at the Moscow Textile Institute, and in 1929, he became a professor in the painting department. In 1930, he began working on industrial landscapes, depicting factories in Dnepropetrovsk and Moscow, as well as oil fields in Baku. Before the war, he turned to Russian nature, and after the war, back to Crimean landscapes. In his last years, his work again focused on industrial themes.

In 1957, a personal exhibition of Kuprin and sculptor G. I. Motovilov was held in Moscow. Alekandr Vasilyevich Kuprin is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.