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January 5, 2015
Milton Hebald | 1917-2015
By MIKE BOEHM “Milton Hebald, sculptor who created public artwork in Los Angeles and New York, 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 work: sculptures, installed in prominent public places in...
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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
Russia After 1918
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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April 1, 2014
Modern Masters
The success of abstract and expressionist art and artists in mid-Century Soviet Russia is highlighted within the collection of Pushkin Gallery. In order to foster experimental art practices these artists maintained secret studios, worked outside of the official Soviet Realism style, and often...
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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
The Faces of Chetkov's Humanity. Portraits have always fascinated me. They are the most captivating subjects that an artist undertakes, often providing as much insight (or more) into the artists as they do of the person being portrayed. Boris Chetkov's portraits are extraordinary in this...
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November 30, 2012
Boris Chetkov: Across All Barriers
Entering Chetkov's World 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...
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