Nadezhda Alekseevna Peshkova (née Vvedenskaya, nicknamed "Timosha"; November 30, 1901 – January 10, 1971) was a Russian painter. She was born,

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, and married Maxim Peshkov, the son of

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. She learned about painting while staying at Gorky's house in

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in the 1920s. Here she was taught by

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, who also later painted her portrait. She remained living in Gorky's house following his death and participated in turning it into the Maxim Gorky Apartment Museum in 1965. She died in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peshkova, Nadezhda 1901 births 1971 deaths Russian painters