Mystical drawings Smirnova, Evgenia Ivanova

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Elena Korova (1901 - 1974), is another talented pupil of Nicholas Roerich. There is in her paintings something of a genius teacher. Probably spent his childhood in Harbin and later studies (1914 -1917) in the St. Petersburg school of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts at the Roerich Naumova greatly influenced her future work.
What a rich biography: In 1917, she moved to her parents in Barnaul, where joined the left-most group of artists who are looking for and approval of new forms of art (M. Kurzin, Gulyaev, later - Markova). Taught at the school branch of the Altai-studio art workshops. In the years 1920-1923 she studied at Higher Art. Not finished. Many traveled around the country. Since the mid 20-ies established itself in Central Asia: first in Tashkent, then - in Samarkand. Took active part in the creation of the Samarkand branch of the Union of Artists. In 1946 at the invitation of V. Favorsky moved to Moscow.
These are two pictures "Bukharan Jews" 1930.