Polina Chernysheva

ARTISTS ON ARTISTS

Polina Chernysheva
Nikolai Chernyshev. “Worked only with delight…”

№1 2009 (22)

Fate gave Nikolai Mikhailovich Chernyshev a long life — 88 years. He started his creative work at the turn of the 20th century and lived a life that is an example of selfless service to his motherland and faith in the spiritual ideals of Russian art. Chernyshev was a man with many titles: Peopleʼs Artist of Russia, professor, painter, graphic artist, creator of monumental works, theoretician, and teacher.