Fyodor Zakharov

Zakharov never created the so-called thematic paintings, which typically idealized the supposedly blissful existence of the Soviet citizenry.

The young painter did not choose this path, which would have conformed to the ruling ideological system and would have guaranteed fast recognition and material advantages.

Zakharov's art was inspired by the magnificent achievements of the Russian and Ukrainian landscape paintings of the late 19th and early 20th century, which are characterised by the poetisation of nature.

Zakharov was particularly attracted to two landscapes: Crimea, where he lived, and the village of Sedniv, close to Chernihiv, where he often traveled to paint.

The painter images the form of an item easily with the wide pastous stroke of his brush, reproducing the peculiarity of his fracture and the harmony of air and light."