The portrait of the writer displayed in the exhibition hall is by of the artist Valentina Petrovna Tsvetkova (1917-2007). Valentina Petrovna is primarily known as a master of still life.
She is also called the classic of the Crimean impressionism. The artist was born in Astrakhan, where she graduated from the Art School. There she began her creative activity in the partnership “Artist”, took part in republican, all-Union, and later in international exhibitions. In 1938-1944 she worked in a workshop at the House of Arts in Leningrad. From 1944 he was a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, and from 1950 to 1972 was a member of the board of the Crimean branch of the Union of Artists of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1985 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. She was also awarded the title of People’s Artist of Ukraine and an honorary citizen of Yalta.
Crimean nature made a very strong impression on the artist. She was very fond of creating her paintings, working on the balcony of her workshop, from where there were magnificent views of the mountains and the sea. She was very fond of painting flowers, still lifes, landscapes. But among her works there are also many portraits of famous personalities of the past. Tsvetkova’s canvases are exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the State Museum of Ukrainian Fine Arts, museums and galleries in Bulgaria, Hungary, Canada, USA, France, Japan.
Chekhov’s portrait was ordered in 1946 by the writer’s sister Maria Pavlovna Chekhova. In 1983, Tsvetkova finalized it and donated it to the museum on September 9 at an event dedicated to the 84th anniversary of Anton Pavlovich’s settlement in the Yalta house.
The work of Tsvetkova is a full-height portrait of Anton Pavlovich. The writer sits in a chair at the desk. In the background is a niche. Chekhov holds a book in his right hand. The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner of the portrait. On the back of the canvas, Valentina Petrovna wrote: “As a gift to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov”s house-museum from artist V. Tsvetkova, Yalta, 1983 “. The ornamental frame is covered with bronze.
She is also called the classic of the Crimean impressionism. The artist was born in Astrakhan, where she graduated from the Art School. There she began her creative activity in the partnership “Artist”, took part in republican, all-Union, and later in international exhibitions. In 1938-1944 she worked in a workshop at the House of Arts in Leningrad. From 1944 he was a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, and from 1950 to 1972 was a member of the board of the Crimean branch of the Union of Artists of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1985 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. She was also awarded the title of People’s Artist of Ukraine and an honorary citizen of Yalta.
Crimean nature made a very strong impression on the artist. She was very fond of creating her paintings, working on the balcony of her workshop, from where there were magnificent views of the mountains and the sea. She was very fond of painting flowers, still lifes, landscapes. But among her works there are also many portraits of famous personalities of the past. Tsvetkova’s canvases are exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the State Museum of Ukrainian Fine Arts, museums and galleries in Bulgaria, Hungary, Canada, USA, France, Japan.
Chekhov’s portrait was ordered in 1946 by the writer’s sister Maria Pavlovna Chekhova. In 1983, Tsvetkova finalized it and donated it to the museum on September 9 at an event dedicated to the 84th anniversary of Anton Pavlovich’s settlement in the Yalta house.
The work of Tsvetkova is a full-height portrait of Anton Pavlovich. The writer sits in a chair at the desk. In the background is a niche. Chekhov holds a book in his right hand. The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner of the portrait. On the back of the canvas, Valentina Petrovna wrote: “As a gift to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov”s house-museum from artist V. Tsvetkova, Yalta, 1983 “. The ornamental frame is covered with bronze.
