Piotr Nikolaevich Andrianov 1916-1995 Piotr Nikolaevich Andrianov is an outstanding example of the best type of Soviet Era painting. He was born in Moscow in 1916 to the family of a workman. He finished elementary school and went to vocational college at an engine factory where he later became an engine repairman. His family of…
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…
On our websites you will find many paintings you may recognize as works of art inspired by The Leningrad School of Painting (Russian: Ленинградская школа живописи). This refers to a group of Soviet painters, who from 1930 to 1950 founded in Leningrad the Reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet artists. The history of…
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…