Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva

Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (; 17 May 1871 — 5 May 1955) was a Russian draughtsman and painter during the Modernist period, most notable for her watercolor painting. She was also one of the pioneers of the woodcut technique in Russia. She was one of the members of the art association "The Four Arts", which existed in Moscow and Leningrad from 1924 to 1931.

Biography She was born as Anna Ostroumova in Saint Petersburg. In 1905, she married the chemist Sergey Lebedev, her maternal cousin. In 1900, Ostroumova graduated from the academy, specializing on graphics, and at the same year joined the Mir iskusstva art group in Saint Petersburg. but sometime after that became blind. She died in 1955 in Leningrad.

The main topic of her graphic works, both woodcuts and watercolors, were cityscapes of Saint Petersburg. She was also interested in European cityscapes, resulting from her travels in Europe.

Selected paintings