- Ekaterina Tolstaya
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name = Ekaterina Nikitichna Tolstaya
Толстая Екатерина Никитична
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nationality = Russian
order =Artist
birth_date = birth date|1939|11|22|mf=y
birth_place =Leningrad ,Russia
death_date = death date and age|2005|08|22|1939|11|22|mf=y
death_place =Moscow ,Russia
profession =Artist Ekaterina Nikitichna Tolstaya, (Russian: Екатерина Никитична Толстая,
November 22 ,1939 –August 22 ,2005 ) was a 20th century Russianartist . She was the granddaughter of the Russian writerAleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy and sister of contemporary Russian authorTatyana Tolstaya .Brief Biography
After graduating from the
Leningrad State University in 1963 with a degree inbiology she moved toMoscow (circa 1965) where she worked as aresearch scientist while pursuing a career as a painter. In the 1970's she gained a certain degree of recognition which allowed her to become a full-time professional artist. Her primary medium waspastel portraiture and she was quickly recognized for herunique artisticvision , which was often characterized by her [http://www.ggause.com/ekatolr.htm mystical] , psychologically charged,intense andmelancholic observations of her subjects. Tolstaya's work can be found in private collections inRussia ,Denmark ,Greece ,Germany ,Sweden ,Italy ,United States and many other countries. Although she was aprolific portraitist and an active member of theGraphic Artists' Union whose work was widely collected around the world, she still remains relatively unknown to thepublic in Russia and abroad.
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