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| Natalya Nesterova, On the Beach, 1993, Oil on canvas, 47 x 51 in |
| Was born in 1944 in Moscow. In 1962, she graduated from the Moscow art school, and in 1968 – from the Surikov Moscow Art Institute. The member of the Russian Academy of Arts, the Honoured Artist of Russia, Natalya Nesterova was awarded the Triumph prize in 2002; and in 2004 she was praised with an Honorary golden medal of the Russian Academy of Arts. The artist has taken part in more than 60 personal and group exhibitions in Russia and abroad. In 2005, the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg opened her first personal exhibition – a great honor for any artist. |
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Same year she had a solo show in National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, USA. Her simplified world of figurative painting centered around the image of man distinguishes her oeuvre from that of many other contemporary artists. She is represented in prestigious private and public collections worldwide. Her work can been seen at the Guggenheim Museum (New York), The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), The State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow). |
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