Alexander Pushnin was born in Marshansk, Russia. He attended his first art school in 1934 at age 13. In 1940 he enrolled at The Fine Arts Academy of St. Petersburg, Russia where he graduated in 1950. He worked in the studio of Professors Frentz and Gerasimov and received his diploma at the "Lenin University" in Kazan (graduating class of 1950-1952?) with a painting entitled "Arrest of the temporary government". He taught at the Fine Arts Academy of St. Petersburg from 1955-1988. 

In 1986, he taught drawing and sculpture as a professor in the architecture department. He became a member of the Union of Artists in 1950. Paintings of Pushnin are kept in: The Museum of the Academy of Art, State Russian Museum, Ministry of Culture, Museum of the History of the City of St. Petersburg, Petrosavodsk Art Gallery, Tomsk Museum of Russian Art, Saratov Art Gallery, Museum of the Revolution in Moscow and Grozny Art Gallery.
 

Main exhibition:

1950 Leningrad “The Artist of  USSR”
1954 Leningrad “The autumn exhibition”
1959 Moscow “The masterpieces of Soviet museums”
1964 Moscow “The artists for the people”
1969 Osaka “Leningrad artists”
1972 Montreal “Artists of Leningrad”
1976 Moscow “The Soviet Russia” (the first prize)
1980 Tokyo “Soviet Art”
1982 Leningrad “Personal exhibition”
1986 Moscow “Artists for the people”
1989 Leningrad “Modern art of Leningrad ”
1990 Helsinki “Soviet art”
1990 Leningrad “Autumn Exhibition”
1990 Leningrad “Exhibition of  2 World War veterans”

His paintings have been aquired for the following collections:

The Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg
The Museum of Academy of Art, St. Petersburg
The Art museum in Petrosavodsk
The Ministry of Culture of Russia, Moscow
The History Museum of of the city St. Petersburg
The Central Museum of Revolution, Moscow
The Art Museum in Saratov
The Russian Art Museum in Tomsk
The Museum of Art and History,  Morshansk

In different Russian museums:

*In the new district.* 1961

*Volkhovstroy.* 1967

*Round-Robin.* 1960