Alexei Alexeievich Harlamoff (A.K.A Alexej Harlamoff - Alexej Charlamoff) Алексей Алексеевич Харламов (1840–1925) was born at Saratov, Russia in 1840. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg and won a gold medal and a travel scholarship in 1868 for his painting The Return of the Prodigal Son.