Portrait of Vera Mukhina (1940). Mikhail Nesterov (Russian, 1862-1942). Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov
Portrait of Vera Mukhina (1940). Mikhail Nesterov (Russian, 1862-1942). Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery.In the ‘Soviet’ period of his creative work Nesterov painted portraits, mostly of his colleagues, such as this of Mukhina. Muchina (1889-1953), a Russian sculptor, is depicting Boreas - the God of the North Wind, a memorial to Arctic researchers. -- source link
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