Russian artist Elena Schumacher

Wet Snow. Acrylic on canvas. Painting by Russian artist Elena Schumacher. 2015

Russian artist Elena Schumacher
Born in 1969 in the city of Novomoskovsk, Tula region, Elena graduated from Smolensk Pedagogical Institute, the graphic arts department in 1993. She began to paint professionally only 15 years later, and according to art critics, it was the victory of art over the grayness of everyday life.
Noteworthy, in just five years of her artistic career, Elena managed to hold 13 solo exhibitions and several group exhibitions. Among them were exhibitions in such Russian cities as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Tula, and Novomoskovsk. Also, in France and Belarus. Her works are in private collections in Russia and abroad, as well as in the collection of the Tula Regional Art Museum.
In 2011, the artist was a finalist of the international competition of contemporary fine art ART-PREVIEW, and received a special prize from the German magazine “Ostwind”.