Nikolai Vasilievich Kuzmin (; born 1938) is a Russian painter. After studying in the Art College of Pavlovo-na-Oke, close to his home village Talynskoye, he entered the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and IndustryVechernyaya Moskva (Moscow Evening Newspaper) on Saturday 17 May 1997, , picture by Alexander Abaza. and became an alumni in 1970. In 1991 he entered the Artists' Union of the USSR, which became in 1992 the Union of Russian Artists.
The painter has travelled and painted widely in Western Europe Yunyi Khudozhnik (Young Artist magazine), 1997, The Moscow Times, summer 1998, and organised some exhibitions there, notably in France.Le Figaro, on 6 November 2006, Nice-Matin, La Tribune le Progrès, .Monthly magazine of the town of Versailles, November 2006 and October 2009Les Nouvelles de Versailles, 22 November 2006 and 7 October 2009 The artist's paintings are available in the Matthieu Dubuc gallery in Rueil-Malmaison, in the vicinity of Paris-La Défense.(in French) Nikolai Kuzmin's paintings in Jacques Baumel multimedia library and Maison des Muses gallery (Matthieu Dubuc gallery) archive(in French) Page about Nikolai Kuzmin on the web site of Matthieu Dubuc gallery The artist's exhibitions take place in galleries, museums Le Progrès, Lyons, 2 March 2010 by Marie-Pierre Souchon and annual exhibitions organised in common by artists, such as Art Capital or Souvenir de Corot in Paris and its neighbourhood. The artist has been participating for many years in the Watercolour and Drawing Annual Exhibition in Grand Palais and in Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France. Every year from 2022 onwards, also at Art Capital, Nikolai Kuzmin took part at Grand Palais Éphémère and at Grand Palais in the 'Salon Comparaisons' annual exhibition, together with the 'Ut pictura poesis' and later 'Inevitable Figuration' groups of artists, of which he is a member, both successively led by the painter Carole Melmoux.
Nikolai Kuzmin also has regular exhibitions in Russia, notably with the Moscow Union of artists, of which he is a member.News from the Moscow Union of artists, 2018, #3-4, 'World of painting' (another newspaper from the Moscow Union of artists), March–April 2018, #3-4 In 2024, Nikolai Kuzmin became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Artwork Nikolai Kuzmin's favourite painting technique is oil on canvas with spatula.
Nikolai Kuzmin's painting is not far from expressionism and fauvism.Universe of the Arts magazine (Univers des Arts), , editor in chief
The painter's work has been strongly influenced by the remembrance of his childhood.Universe of the Arts magazine (Univers des Arts),
Nikolai Kuzmin likes painting the architecture of his home town Moscow.Where Moscow magazine, in September - October 1997, , Editor of the « Moscovite Artist » journal He also paints the landscapes he observes during his travels, like on the island of Korčula in Croatia.
The themes covered by Nikolai Kuzmin's paintings are varied: Garden-spring-blooming Artwork on paper / On the road to Murom-the Farewell Abstract oil artwork / Interlacing of roads Portrait After the war Travel: ○ Paris Region: - Ponds of Corot - Forest of Fausses Repose - Versailles-Viroflay - Around Paris - Paris ○ French Province: - Mediterranean - Corsica - Sainte-Victoire-Mountain - The Alps - Brittany - Normandy - Other French regions ○ Croatia ○ Crimea Native soil At the dacha Architecture: ○ Moscow ○ Russia ○ Western Europe (Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium) Landscape: ○ Russian landscape ○ Russian winter landscape ○ Western Europe (Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium) Religious, popular and mythological: ○ Religious ○ Popular ○ Mythological Still life and Flowers: ○ Still life ○ Flowers Other themes
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