Olga Nikolaeva

Architect and artist Olga Nikolaeva, at 1985 graduate of I. E. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (before the revolution of 1917 - the Imperial Academy of Arts) in St.Petersburg, the alma mater of all Russian artists who gained worldwide fame), creating beauty not only in her architectural projects but also in paintings evoking the masterpieces of the old masters.

Olga works in the technique of oil painting, tempera, gouache, as well as a unique technique - painting on silk (technique of the XVIII century, not batik). Many delicate and lyrical landscapes were executed in this
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Olga lives in St. Petersburg, an open-air museum city that inspires her to create classical realistic paintings. Olga is a devoted artist of academic art. Currently, she commits herself to oil painting in the genre of landscape and still life using canvas as a basis. Olga is driven by the desire to engage in such creative activity which tells about the fleeting beauty in landscapes and still lives with flowers. Delicate and expressive works express joy and divine beauty, grace, they are rich in emotional and spiritual content.

Olga has a fine appreciation of the peculiarities and beauty of the vivid language...

Architect and artist Olga Nikolaeva, at 1985 graduate of I. E. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (before the revolution of 1917 - the Imperial Academy of Arts) in Sankt-Petersburg.

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Many works made in a unique technique on silk constitute a part of private collections in Europe, the USA, and Australia. Collector V. Istratov enlarged his collection with a work (a lyrical mountain landscape) which was exhibited with paintings by other artists at the exhibition of avant-garde art in the Manezh (Central Exhibition Hall of Saint Petersburg). The paintings of artists included in his collection were exhibited not only in Russia but also abroad.