This is an oil study of a Soviet peasant woman, which was conducted by the listed Ukrainian-Russian painter Konstantin Lomykin (1924 -1993) in the 1950s. He was born in the town of Glukhov in the Sumy Region, Ukraine. In 1951, he graduated from the Odessa Art College, his teachers were L.Muchnik, N.Pavliuk and N.Shelyuto. He began exhibiting artworks in 1951 and from then on participated in numerous major art exhibitions nationally and internationally. He was a member of the "Union of Artists". K. Lomykin has received many state prizes and medals for his major contribution to Soviet Art.

Exhibitions:1953 - Odessa, Kharkov, Kiev1981 - Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo1974 - Odessa, Kiev1983 - Odessa, Moscow, Bucharest1979 - Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo1984 - Tokyo.

His paintings were illustrated in most prestigious national galleries and museums including the Odessa Fine Art Gallery, The Ukrainian National Museum (Kiev) and The Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) as well as in numerous international museums and private collections.

K.Lomykin was a very prolific artist and he produced artworks in many genres - landscapes, portraiture, thematic paintings, still lives, nudism. Many of his works depict ballet dancers in their constant, painstaking effort in mastering the art of dance. Himself being a beautiful colourist, K.Lomykin was a master of the use of media. The majority of his works are done in oil, watercolour and pastel. In his pastels K.Lomykin attains the highest degree of mastery; his bold strokes skillfully shape the form and his colour is rich in the intensity of tone. A great lover of life, K.Lomykin lived and breathed painting. He left behind an enormous heritage, making a significant contribution to the glory of Ukrainian Art.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"; Dr.Nagy "Lexicon of hungarian artists"(in Hungarian), Budapest, 1997; also found on-line: Wikipedia (in German and Russian); russianartgallery.com

Inscription: signed with pencil: "M.Kogan, Paris", lower right.

Technique: oil on cardboard, unframed.

Measurements: unframed w 9 7/8" x h 13 3/4" (25 x 35 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.