PORTRAIT

Means of accentuating the psychological mobility of those sitting for the portraits, and at the same time hinted at the incompleteness of characterization, leaving the viewer freedom of forming his conclusions. Yet the mobility of the human face is shown with such mastery and force that the portrayed person may experience even revulsion. Here refinement and elegance of the artistic method may come to the painter's assistance. A surprisingly sharp gift of observation allowing within a moment to determine ways how the model expresses himself in life has brought Arthur Nikitin the fame of a brilliant portrait painter.