Kuzhelenko (Prakhova) Olga
1911-2001
Kuzhelenko (Prakhova) Olga Dmitrievna. Soviet and Kazakh artist painter. Member of the Artists Union of Kazakhstan (1942). Member of the Artists Union of the USSR. Born and grew up in Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk. She studied in Dnepropetrovsk at art courses (1927-1930). She came to Kazakhstan in 1934, attended the studio of A. Rittich, who was working in Kazakhstan at that time. Spouse of Leonid Leontiev. Since the I Republican Art Exhibition (1937), she was active in exhibition activities. The artist worked in the genres of portrait and still life. This... далее
Kuzhelenko (Prakhova) Olga Dmitrievna. Soviet and Kazakh artist painter. Member of the Artists Union of Kazakhstan (1942). Member of the Artists Union of the USSR. Born and grew up in Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk. She studied in Dnepropetrovsk at art courses (1927-1930). She came to Kazakhstan in 1934, attended the studio of A. Rittich, who was working in Kazakhstan at that time. Spouse of Leonid Leontiev. Since the I Republican Art Exhibition (1937), she was active in exhibition activities. The artist worked in the genres of portrait and still life. This genre requires an impartial attitude to herself, without looking at the future viewer. Portraits of singers Sara Tynyshygulova, Roza Baglanova - a notable contribution to the culture of Kazakhstan in the field of fine arts. In 2001 in one of Almaty galleries her exhibition ‘Family Chronicles’ was held, devoted to the memory of four generations of Prakhovs - Kuzhelenko - Leontievs family. Works of the artist are kept in the collection of the State Museum of Arts of Kazakhstan named after A. Kasteev, in private collections. скрыть
Работы художника