Lydia nikandrovna VERKHOVSKAYA

11 (23) October 1882 (Smolensk) — 1919 (Petrograd)

Painter, graphic artist

he Studied in St. Petersburg at the Drawing school of the Society for the encouragement of arts (the end of the 1890-х) Я. Ф. Ционглинского.

I Lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd). In 1913-1914 made a trip to Spain and France. He painted landscapes, interiors, portraits; worked in watercolour and pastels. Author paintings: "Room in Bobrovka" (1907), "the Alley" (1910), "Autumn", "the Outskirts of St. Petersburg" (both — 1913), "Landscape. France", "Bridge" (both — 1914), "Park in the snow", "River Bobrowiecka" (both — 1915), "the Interior in the old manor house" (1916), "Fedorov hills" (1918). Works published in magazine "Niva".

was Engaged in book graphics. Issued publications: "Green a collection of poetry and prose. Almanac" (SPb., 1905), "Wonderful ring: a Folk tale" П. С. Соловьевой (Moscow, 1915).

From 1907 — participant of exhibitions. A member and Exhibitor associations: the First ladies ' art circle (1900, 1903-1907), New society of artists (1907-1917), the Moscow Association of artists (1911, 1913), World of art (1915). Works exhibited: 19-й exhibition of watercolors and drawings by Russian artists in the gallery "Lemercier" (1913), 11-й Ahram of the exhibition "Art into the masses" (1929) in Moscow; "Russian landscape" in Petrograd (1918-1919).

Work is represented in several Museum collections, among them — of the State Russian Museum, Perm state art gallery, Ekaterinburg Museum of fine arts.

Sources:

1. State Russian Museum. Painting. The first half of the twentieth century. Directory. St. Petersburg, 1997, vol. 8. S. 113.

2. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1972, vol. 2. S. 247.