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April 8, 2015
Beautiful Resistance
In a time when artistic content was strictly mandated to espouse only the virtues of Soviet ideology, this inspiring group of artists chose to work outside of the tenets set forth by the repressive totalitarian regime, often at a great cost. These painters had a voice that could not be...
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January 5, 2015
Milton Hebald | 1917-2015
By MIKE BOEHM (L.A. Times) - Milton Hebald, the sculptor who created renowned public installations in Los Angeles, New York and around the world, dies at 97. Most art lovers won't recognize the name Milton Hebald. But it's safe to assume that tens of millions of people have seen his...
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September 1, 2014
The Seasons of Nikolai Timkov
Nikolai Efimovich Timkov, one of the most enchanting Russian landscape painters of the second half of the 20th century, belongs to a breed of artist very familiar to us from literature, a classic type, and one that is particularly characteristic of Russia. He never felt himself to be...
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June 1, 2014
Faces of Russia
The diversity of early abstract and avant-garde styles which flourished within Russia during the early 20th Century began to fade with the advent of the Soviet Empire. Soviet Realism, the “depiction of reality in its revolutionary development” is approved in 1934 as the official art of the USSR....
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November 22, 2013
UK EXHIBITION
Chetkov both inherits and reinvents the traditions of Russian art. He was a bold experimenter who took artistic risks which resulted in the creation of original and stunning images. He developed his own unique unofficial artistic style. We could describe his work as a new hybrid of Fantastic...
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April 1, 2013
Vladimir School of Landscape Painting
The Vladimir technique of Landscape painting was started in the late 1950's by a group of veterans of "The Great War" in Russia. Inspired by the memories of their home town of Vladimir and the beauty of its landscape, these artists (who were educated at the Vladimir Art School) developed their...
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November 30, 2012
Boris Chetkov: Portraitist
Portraits are often the most captivating subjects that an artist undertakes, providing as much insight (or more) into the artist as they do of the person being portrayed. Boris Chetkov's portraits are extraordinary in this respect. In creating images of these myriad personalities, real and...
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November 30, 2012
Boris Chetkov: Across All Barriers
The late afternoon light somehow made its way through the small, grimy window in Boris Chetkov's studio. Chetkov was twirling his finger through his long, grayish white beard as he described the explosion of colors on the canvas in front of us. "It's the ascent of the Gods to the top of...
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