Ekaterina Posetselskaya

Ekaterina Posetselskaya (born August 7, 1965, in Leningrad) is a Russian-French artist.

Biography

Ekaterina Posetselskaya, a grand-niece of a renowned Russian-French artist, Marc Chagall, was born in Leningrad in 1965. She graduated with honors from the textile art department of the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design. However, she first became prominent in France in 1992 after presenting painted easter eggs at the international Salon, followed by other European exhibitions. In 1999, she had her first solo exhibition in the trade mission of Russia in France.

In 2012, she was invited as an honorable guest to participate in Salon des Indépendants with decorated easter eggs. In 2013, she participated in Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau (Paris) where her drawing of her hometown of Saint Petersburg was awarded a separate Maxime Juan Prize from the Foundation Taylor. Sunset view from Vasilyevky island. 2019. Paper, acrylic paint, pastel Posetselskaya is a renowned illustrator who has worked on more than 30 books. Her notable works include forty pastels for the new edition of the Goat Song by Konstantin Vaginov; fifty illustrations for the Stone. Tristia edition of Osip Mandelstam poems; Marina Tsvetaeva's The Tale of Sonechka; and illustrations for the Book of Daniel published by Vita Nova Publishing. Her friends, such as Belarusian-French artist Boris Zaborov, also influenced her style.

Awards

Posetselskaya received three gold, four silver, and a bronze medal from the International Federation of Artists. She received the gold award at an international salon in Saint-Raphaël (2003), Vladimir Vetrogonski award of the International Triennale of Graphic Art in Saint Petersburg. as well as numerous awards and medals from the Moscow International Book Fair and the Saint Petersburg branch of the International Federation of Artists (IFA). Moscow, and Saint Petersburg (Russia).

Her works are included in the collections of the State Hermitage museum, the Russian Museum, Erarta, and other museums, as well as private collections in Russia, France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Czech, and the USA.

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