Tkachev, Mikhail Evdokimovich
Mikhail Evdokimovich Tkachevwas born in 1912 in a small town, Kalach, situated deep inside Russia. Ninety years ago Kalach was not even a town – just a beautiful Cossack village on the black soil not far from Voronezh. In spring the town is pink and white with blooming orchards. In summer it looks white as it is so hot at noon that you can hardly see other colors. There is a white-painted hut with blue shutters in Kalach. During the years of the revolution the house accommodated the staff of Budionny, who was one of the main heroes of the Civil War. In this house M. Tkachev spent his childhood…
Russian Painters
Moskow School of Painting The traditional Russian painting is one of the world’s most important schools of thought. Through generations, artists and artists’ ideas of teachers have been passed on to students. To this day, Russia produces outstanding works in technical perfection and with love for the subject. This generally acknowledged high quality of traditional Russian painting is all the more amazing considering the fact that icons were created exclusively in this country for more than 800 years. With the opening to the west at the time of Peter the Great, the timid transition from egg-tempered wood on wood to the oil painting on canvas took place in the first foremost…
