Nicolay Paskevich

Nicolay Paskevich (Russian: Nikolai Aleksandrovich Paskevich, Lithuanian: Mykolas Paškevičius, born: 18 August 1907 in Riga, Latvia, died: 19 May 2003) was a Russian painter working mostly in ink, acrylic, and pastel, exhibiting an interest in action, power, music, and western motifs. Paskevich was the recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Biography Paskevich was born in Riga, Latvia in 1907. His father was from Belarus, his mother was from Vilnius. In 1914, his family moved to Vitebsk, Belarus where he received his primary education. Upon graduation Paskevich was accepted by the Academy of Arts in Leningrad where he studied under artists Arkady Rylov and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. Having finished his studies at the Academy, he returned to Minsk and worked independently as an artist. Here he had his work exhibited in Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery.

Exhibitions Tretyakov Gallery, 1938 Moscow, Industry of Socialism, 1939 Kaunas, Lithuania, 1943 Hammer Galleries, 1957 The Shoeneman Gallery, 1959 Southampton City Art Gallery, 1971 Belarusian National Arts Museum, May 1993 Anaheim Museum, January - March 1998 Mission San Juan Capistrano Soldier's Barracks Gallery, February - March 2000

Notable works Kaminkrėtys, 1945 Liberation, 1947 Portrait of a Young Woman, 1954 Swan Lake, 1965 Indian attack, 1975, 1988 Be content, 1991