It's About Time: Off to Russia - Evgenia Petrovna Antipova 1917-2009

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Off to Russia - Evgenia Petrovna Antipova 1917-2009

Today is the perfect day to escape into the bright, sun-filled paintings of Evgenia Petrovna Antipova, a Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher who worked in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) & is regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) A Waitress 1964

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Still Life with Strawberries 1960

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Books at the Window 1963

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Lida 1964

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Kitchen Table 1963

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Apples in Baskets 1986

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) A Girl from Perseslavl 1964

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Still Life 1964

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Among the Camomiles 1994

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Girl in a Garden 1964

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Peonies in the Garden 1978

Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (Russian artist, 1917-2009) Bird in Cherry Tree 1968

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