Biography

Nikolai Vasilievich Kuzmin (russian: Николай Васильевич Кузьмин) is a Russian painter born in 1938 in Talynskoye, Vachsky District, not far from the town of

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

. After studying in the Art College of Pavlovo-na-Oke, close to his home village Talynskoye, he entered the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry and became an alumni in 1970. In 1991 he entered the Artists' Union of the USSR, which became in 1992 the Union of Russian Artists. The painter has travelled and painted widely in Western Europe and organised some exhibitions there, notably in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. The artist's paintings are available in the Matthieu Dubuc gallery in

Rueil-Malmaison Rueil-Malmaison () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France region. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 78,152. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs of P ...

, in the vicinity of Paris-La Défense. The artist's exhibitions take place in galleries, museums and annual exhibitions organised in common by artists, such as Art Capital or Souvenir de Corot in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

and its neighbourhood. The artist has been participating for many years in the Watercolour and Drawing Annual Exhibition in Grand Palais,

. In 2022 also at Art Capital, Nikolai Kuzmin took part at

Grand Palais Éphémère The Grand Palais Éphémère is a temporary exhibition hall in the Champ de Mars by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. The 10,000 m2 hall opened in 2021 and is meant to be dismantled in 2024. Its purpose is to host exhibitions while the Grand Palais ...

in the 'Salon des Comparaisons' annual exhibition, together with the ' Ut pictura poesis' group of artists, of which he is a member, led by the painter Carole Melmoux. Nikolai Kuzmin also has regular exhibitions in

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, notably with the

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Union of artists, of which he is a member.

Artwork

Nikolai Kuzmin's favourite

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

technique is oil on canvas with spatula. Nikolai Kuzmin's

is not far from

expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

and

fauvism Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French language, French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the Representation (arts), repr ...

. The painter's work has been strongly influenced by the remembrance of his childhood. Nikolai Kuzmin likes painting the architecture of his home town

. He also paints the landscapes he observes during his travels, like on the island of Korčula in Croatia. The themes covered by Nikolai Kuzmin's paintings are varied: * Garden-spring-blooming * Artwork on paper / On the road to Murom-the Farewell * Abstract oil artwork / Interlacing of roads * Portrait * After the war * Travel: :○ Paris Region: ::- Ponds of Corot ::- Forest of Fausses Repose ::- Versailles-Viroflay ::- Around Paris ::- Paris :○ French Province: ::- Mediterranean ::- Corsica ::- Sainte-Victoire-Mountain ::- The Alps ::- Brittany ::- Normandy ::- Other French regions :○ Croatia :○ Crimea * Native soil * At the dacha * Architecture: :○ Moscow :○ Russia :○ Western Europe (Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium) * Landscape: :○ Russian landscape :○ Russian winter landscape :○ Western Europe (Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium) * Religious, popular and mythological: :○ Religious :○ Popular :○ Mythological * Still life and Flowers: :○ Still life :○ Flowers * Other themes

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