| Elena Volkova | |
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Elena Volkova in 2005 |
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| Birth name | Elena Andreevna Volkova |
| Born | 1915 Chuguyev, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Field | Art |
| Movement | Naïve art |
Elena Andreevna Volkova (born in 1915) (in Russian: Елена Андреевна Волкова), is a Ukrainian painter, born in the city of Chuguyev.
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Elena Volkova is born in 1915 in the Ukrainian city of Chuguyev (birthplace of Ilya Repin) from a modest family, her father was a swimming coach, her mother, a peasant. In 1934 she began to work as assistant-projectionist for a mobile cinema. During the war she was affected in an hospital; her husband died during the war. Without any artistic training, she began to paint at the beginning of the 60s at the age of 45. She was rather fast noticed by Vasyl Yermylov Kharkiv, founder of the Ukrainian avant-garde, who bought number of her paintings. She was then noticed by Michael Alpatov famous Moscow art critic.
Sergei Tarabarov of the Gallery of Naive Art "Dar" (National Center for Contemporary Art of Moscow (NCCA)), said in 2000 that Elena Volkova was one of the most interesting naïve artist in Russia [1].
Elena Volkova lives now in Moscow.
Her naïve painting[1][2] represents all the natural, gorgeous and good things which make the happiness of simple people : animals, fruits, flowers, festive tables, nudes. Things round and full of life, as offerings to the ancient gods.
1973 Omsk, first solo exhibition
1990 Permanent collection of Gallery of Naïve Art (National Center for Contemporary Art of Moscow (NCCA))
2001 Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Exhibition " Peace to everybody! "[2]
2005 Tretyakov Gallery of Moscow, Retrospective [3]