R. Nicolay & Sohn

Tolkunov, Nikolai P., Moscow

*1917      +1996

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Honoured artist of Russia, professor
N. Tolkunov was born in 1917 in Novosurino, Moscow region. In 1942 he graduated from the Moscow Surikov State Art Institute. He studied art at the studio of Sergei Gerasimov, the People’s artist of USSR. He was a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Tolkunov has taken part in art exhibitions since 1939. The creative activity of the artist embraces many genres of Fine Art. This is a portrait, landscape, thematical picture, still life. Since 1960 N. Tolkunov has taught at the Moscow Surikov State Art Institute. In 1993 he had his one-man show in Moscow. Tolkunov’s works are in museums of Krasnoyarsk, Vladimir and in the Tretyakov Gallery. Art lovers from England, France,Germany,Greece and Spain have his paintings in their private collections.