Olga Bogaevskaja, Light Blue Bouquet, Oil Painting, 1983

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Blue, light blue, reading, flowers Olga BOGAEVSKAJA (St. Petersburg 1915 – 2000) She is regarded as one of the leading … more Blue, light blue, reading, flowers Olga BOGAEVSKAJA (St. Petersburg 1915 – 2000) She is regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of painting. She was the daughter of a well-known archaeologist and art historian and she studied at the Art and Industry College, where she was a student of David Zagoskin (1931–1932). Then she continued education in the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (one of the 14 students admitted), where she studied with Sergei Priselkov, Genrikh Pavlovsky, David Bernshtein, and Alexander Osmerkin (1933–1940), with whom she graduated. Since 1940 she was a member of the Union of Russian Artists in St. Petersburg. The forties marked the beginning of a lively exhibition activity with prestigious exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Talented colorist, the leading themes of her subjects are children portraits, genre scenes and interiors. She was the painter Gleb Savinov’s wife, with whom she shared not only her private life but also her artistic journey. MUSEUMS Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery Moscow, The Ministry of Culture Collection St. Petersburg, Russian State Museum St. Petersburg, Fine Arts Academy Museum Krasnoiarsk, Fine Arts Museum Novgorod, Fine Arts Museum Rjazan, Fine Arts Museum Jaroslavl, Fine Arts Museum Omsk, Fine Arts Museum Prague, Fine Arts Museum Tokyo, Contemporary Art Gallery Works by Olga Bogaevskaja are permanently dealt by the Pirra Art Gallery and are published in a coloured monograph edited by the Gallery. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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