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Decided to continue the discussion begun in the theme of the last Salon, not knowing where it referred, decided to highlight it as a separate topic about the artist.
And decided to start with a quote "Elysium":

Сообщение от Elysium

Her works NV Lermontovo extremely rare, due to the short duration of her life.
Biography:
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Lermontov Nadezhda (1885-1921).
Painter, theater artist. Author portraits and philosophical-allegorical compositions.
Graduated from the philological department Bestuzhev courses (1902-1907). Studied at the RS OPH (since 1902), in the studio Kardovsky in school E. Zvantseva in Leon Bakst (1907-1910), the Institute for Art History (1918).
Participated in exhibitions: "The World of Art" (1911, 1912, 1916, 1917), Union of Youth (1912-1913), "1915" in Moscow (1915), Noh (1917), "Russian Landscape in Petrograd (1918 -1919), "Theater and decorative arts in the USSR 1917-1927" in Leningrad (1927).
Participated in the painting of St. Basil Zlatoverkh in Ovruch in Volhynia (with K.S.Petrovym-Vodkin and others) in 1910
Wrote poetry and prose. I drew for the magazine "La Boheme" and designed the staging of the Petrograd Puppet Theatre. Illustrated the works of Poe and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
In the 1910's created a series of symbolist paintings, marked expression of color.
This picture belongs to 1910 years - the mature works of the artist, "dominated by two major trends:
the first is the picture or story, or a telling detail turned to mythology - the most ancient. The other group consists of portraits. Painting "Two" belongs to the second group, although the details of the mythological properties brings us back to the first. Head shows portrayed against the backdrop of ancient sculpture, or - more likely, an impression of a statue. Nevertheless, the picture is dominated by a portrait challenge "(Professor, Doctor of Arts D. Sarabyanov)