Exhibition of Russian landscape Timkova Nicholas is now in the Washington International Center «Meridian»

Meridian International Center in Washington, presents an exhibition of landscapes Nicholas Ефимовича Timkova (1912-1993) - one of the most popular Russian artists in the United States. Works for the exhibition were provided by Timothy and Lisa Vayman (Timothy & Lisa Wyman), and many of them never before exhibited. In these scenes transmitted that unites Russians and Americans - people's attitudes to their land. They also translated Russian cultural identity, beautifully transferred to one of the best national artists.

Portfolio Honored Artist of Russia Nikolai Timkova are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, Russian Museum, as well as the St. Petersburg Museum of History. Doctor of Art, the chief researcher of the Department of History of Western European art of the Hermitage Albert Kostenevich named Timkova «great Russian master impressionisticheskogo landscape» middle of XX century. Exhibition of works of the artist in Washington is supported by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the United States.

Nicholas Timka was born to a peasant family in the Rostov region, shortly before the October Revolution. He grew up in a small village near Rostov-on-Don, and a lifetime love of rural life and nature. This feeling is always reflected in his works. He skillfully engrave in bright colors, small villages, winter landscapes, Uralic and Crimean mountains. His creative way the artist began in Rostov, but later moved to Moscow and then in Leningrad, where he graduated LIZHSA. Repin. During the Second World War he served in the navy, took part in the defense of Leningrad during the blockade and bombardment. His little sketches of the besieged city, made on small scraps of paper and cardboard - one of the first works in which it was noticeably attentive and at the same time lyrical attitude to the world.

Start artistic career Timkova time coincided with the formation of socialist realism, demanded from the artists to portray «reality of revolutionary Russia». Back then, many authors have turned to landscape painting in order to avoid open political propaganda and the glorification of the Soviet leaders. However, unlike many of his colleagues, are often included in their work relevant genre motifs Timka was exclusively a landscape in its pure form. Therefore, despite the fact that Nicholas Efimovich was a member of the Union of Artists and has participated in many exhibitions, he was not awarded such a wide recognition and praise, as his colleagues, his works are translated into the ideals of socialism and communism.

One of the curators of the exhibition, Dr. Alison Hilton (Alison Hilton), which deals with the history of Russian art, and also heads the department of art and art history at Georgetown University, noted: «It is difficult to name any artists working in the middle XX century, which would be consistent with such regularity, fertility and depth of character of the surrounding world ». According to the doctor Hylton, painting Timkova very vividly expresses his close relationship with their native land, and at the same time, she always leaves the audience space to their own experiences, feelings and sensations.

exhibition in Washington last until January 18, 2009.

material produced Catherine Onuchin

Source: meridian.org , artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru