Evdokiya Grigorevna Usikova (1913-1996) - Mid 20th Century Oil Ukrainian Woman

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A striking head and shoulders portrait of a Ukrainian women, by regional artist Evdokiya Grigorevna Usikova (1913-1996). For centuries, married women in Ukraine were expected to cover their hair with a headscarf (khustka) for modesty. This colourful study is signed to the reverse in graphite. On board.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration caused by a buildup of surface dirt. In the centre of the women's headscarf is a 2cm scratch to the painted surface. The overall condition of the art work is good.

Size

29.5 x 28.7cm (11.6" x 11.3")
Sheet: 32.4 x 32cm (12.8" x 12.6")

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Artist Biography

Evdokiya Grigorevna Usikova was a Ukrainian Soviet artist and graphic artist. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts. Evdokia Grigorievna Usikova was born on December 25, 1913 in the village of. Yankovtsy (Kharkov region). In 1940 she graduated from the Kiev Art Institute, where she studied at A. Shovkunenko. In July 1944, Usikova debuted at the Exhibition of Works of Artists of the Union Republics, opened in Moscow, at the State Museum of Oriental Cultures. She was an active participant in republican, all-Union and foreign art exhibitions. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Usikova was primarily a socialist realist throughout her career often painting large genre scenes depicting peasant life in the country and worked in the field of easel painting. Her works are in the permanent collection of both the Kiev Art Museum and the Kharkov Art Museum.

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SKU rn595
Artist Evdokiya Grigorevna Usikova (1913-1996)
Date Mid 20th Century
Dimensions 29.5 x 28.7cm
Medium Oil
Subject Portrait
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