Alexander Vasilievich Kuprin (Russian: Александр Васильевич Куприн) was a Russian painter, a member of the Jack of Diamonds group. Kuprin was born in Borisoglebsk (in Voronezh Oblast, Russia) in 1880 and died in Moscow in 1960. His most famous works are various landscape and still life paintings.

Alexander Kuprin was born on 10 (22) March 1880 in Borisoglebsk Voronezh Province, the son of the district school teacher. Since 1893  , the family lived in Voronezh. In his youth he worked as a clerk on the railroad, but was interested in art. In 1902 , he went to St. Petersburg, determined to become an artist.

He went to school until 1904 , and then moved to Moscow and enrolled in the school of K. Yuon. After studying there for two years, he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1906 - 1910) in the workshops of A. Arkhipov, K. Korovin, L. Pasternak.

In 1909, Kuprin was first involved with the group "Golden Fleece", then in 1910, with a group of associates founded the association "Jack of Diamonds."

In 1913 - 1914  he visited Italy and France.

In 1920, he went to Nizhny Novgorod, where he organized art workshops. From 1910 to 1924, the bulk of his work were still lifes, which show the influence of Cubism. In 1924 he returned to Moscow, and from that time began to be actively engage in landscape painting. In 1925 he became a Member of the Art Association "Moscow Painters". During the period of 1926 - 1930, he went each year to Bakhchisarai. Since 1930 he actively developed industrial landscapes.

Kuprin died in Moscow on March 18th 1960. He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery there.