As a mature artist, in 1957, Fedot Sychkov painted ‘Portrait of the Artist Nina Petrovna Petrovicheva’. He depicted her in an elegant pearl gray dress, with a discreet necklace on her chest. The woman’s face is calm and full of dignity. Sychkov with great care emphasized her femininity and beauty: a slight blush blooms on her cheeks, a slight smile rests on her lips. His main goal wasn’t just to make a portrait of a charming young woman. First of all, Fedot Sychkov painted a colleague, an artist.
He highlighted this by including the professional attributes of painters — she holds a palette with a rich variety of colors in her hands. A canvas with a landscape on it is visible in the background. Each detail encourages to look closely into her face, to see the firmness and determination of an extraordinary nature in the expression of her eyes.
Nina Petrovicheva is a Moscow artist, the daughter of the famous landscape painter Pyotr Petrovichev. She mainly painted lyrical landscapes, architectural views of Moscow and villages with churches. The artist loved depicting magnificent gardens and bouquets of wildflowers. Petrovicheva’s paintings were distinguished by bright and fresh colors. The artist also had a gift for writing: she published several monographs.
Nina Petrovicheva met Fedot Sychkov in 1947 at the artist’s dacha (country house) in Khosta, where he vacationed with his wife. She wrote in her memoirs, part of which were published as an article ‘Truly National Artist’ in the newspaper ‘Moscow Artist’ in July 1970, that it was an honor for her to speak with him:
He highlighted this by including the professional attributes of painters — she holds a palette with a rich variety of colors in her hands. A canvas with a landscape on it is visible in the background. Each detail encourages to look closely into her face, to see the firmness and determination of an extraordinary nature in the expression of her eyes.
Nina Petrovicheva is a Moscow artist, the daughter of the famous landscape painter Pyotr Petrovichev. She mainly painted lyrical landscapes, architectural views of Moscow and villages with churches. The artist loved depicting magnificent gardens and bouquets of wildflowers. Petrovicheva’s paintings were distinguished by bright and fresh colors. The artist also had a gift for writing: she published several monographs.
Nina Petrovicheva met Fedot Sychkov in 1947 at the artist’s dacha (country house) in Khosta, where he vacationed with his wife. She wrote in her memoirs, part of which were published as an article ‘Truly National Artist’ in the newspaper ‘Moscow Artist’ in July 1970, that it was an honor for her to speak with him:
