Vladimir Zhdanov Winter landscape
Vladimir Zhdanov Winter landscape
Born in the Siberian city of Omsk in 1959, Vladimir Zhdanov currently lives and works in the town of Pushkin (Saint-Petersburg). The artist is particularly captivated by the life of Russian peasants of the 19th century. Zhdanov works in oils, watercolors and pastels.
From 1980 to 1983 Zhdanov studied at Omsk State University, the graphic arts department, then entered the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Arts, from which he graduated in 1986. Prior to 1999, Zhdanov lived and worked in Siberia (Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tobolsk and Tara). For several years he worked in the Siberian taiga village. Drawing landscapes from nature, has developed technology of oil and watercolors painting at low temperatures – to minus 40 degrees Celsius.
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