Forster Art Gallery
Artists presented by Forster Art Gallery
About the Gallery
Our Gallery own as Private Collection about 600 paintings by famous Russian artists of Saint-Petersburg, all of which are currently located in Europe. Saint-Petersburg School is one of the most sifnificant schools of Russian painting.
Works of the above artists have been successfully selling in Europe and America. The names of the artists are cited in the World Reference Books and in the ArtNetDatabank.
9 of presented in collections artists are presented in permanent collection in The State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. With the official endorcement of The State Russian Museum you can get to know here.
The collection as follow:
Part 1
The 1970s Avant-garde
The works of these artists are part of the collection of the State Russian Museum in Saint-Petersburg, State Tretjakov Gallery in Moscow, other Museums and significant private collecions such as Hummer Collections, Henry Nannen Foundation etc.
Part 2
The 1950-1970 Realism
The works of these artists are part of the collection of the State Russian Museum in Saint-Petersburg, State Tretjakov Gallery and other Museums.
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Graduated from V.Muchina Institute on speciality Graphics.
The Master’s Works are presented in:
· Museum of Literature, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
· Ministry of Culture, Moscow, Russia
· Gallery of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
· Museum of Fine Art, Riga, Latvia
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Born in St Petersburg, Russia in 1947.
1959-65 Studied in Fine Art School of St Petersburg.
1965-71 Studied in the Academy of Art in St Petersburg. (Repin's Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture).
Member of the Artists Union of St Petersburg since 1975.
Permanently residing and working in Western Europe since 1991.
Works In Private Collections in CIS, USA, France, Austria, Germany, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Norway, Cuba, Israel, India, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia.
Luba Kostenko's paintings were included in the CD-ROM Encyclopaedia Masterpieces from the State Russian Museum in St Petersburg, Tenth to Twentieth century.
Reproductions of works were published in many Art magazines throughout the world, French Art Magazine Tableau among them.
2000 Group Exhibition, Peace and Colour Gallery, London. UK
2000 Group Exhibition, Wageningen, Holland.
1999 Solo Exhibition, Alkmaar, Holland.
1999 Leighton House Exhibition, London.
1999 Solo Exhibition, Utrecht, Holland.
1998 Solo Exhibition, Bodegraven, Holland.
1997 Solo Exhibition, Heusden, Holland.
1997 Solo Exhibition, Hernen Castle, Holland.
1997 Group Exhibition, Schiedam, Holland.
1997 Group Exhibition, Zeist, Holland.
1996 Private show, Salon Des Arts, London, UK.
1995 Solo Exhibition, Ede, Holland.
1995 A special reception & commission by His Eminence the Metropolitan of Limassol, Cyprus.
1994 Solo Exhibition, Ede, Holland.
1994 Participated in Art-Fair, Rosmalen, Holland.
1993 Solo Exhibition, Ede, Holland.
1993 Participated in Art-Fair, Rosmalen, Holland.
1992 Group Exhibition of Dutch Artists, Gondolo, Hungary.
1992 Solo Exhibition, Ede, Holland.
1992 Participated in Art-Fair, Rosmalen, Holland.
1991 Group Exhibition, 'Russian Art', Leiden, Holland.
1991 Solo Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden.
1991 Group Exhibition, 'International Art', Strangnas, Sweden.
1990 Exhibition of the Galleries, Hamburg, Germany.
1990 Group Exhibition, Katmandu, Nepal.
1990 Auction 'Tradition et Perestroyka', Galerie Drouot, Paris France.
1989 Auction 'L'Ecole de Leningrad', Galerie Drouot, Paris, France.
1989 Group Exhibition of Leningrad Artists, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1988 Exhibition in Leningrad.
1988 Solo Exhibition, Museum of Art, Novosibirsk, Russia.
1988 Group Exhibition, Turku, Finland.
1987 Group Exhibition, Vienna, Austria.
1986 Group Exhibition, Dresden, Germany.
1985 Group Exhibition of Leningrad Artists, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1985 Personal Exhibition, Central Art House, Tiflis, Georgia.
1984 Group Exhibition, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
1984 International Congress of Art and Exhibition, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
1984 Personal Exhibition, Leningrad.
1983 Exhibition in Pskov, Russia.
1982 Group Exhibition in Leningrad.
1982 Group Exhibition in Novgorod, Russia.
1981 Group Exhibition in Moscow.
1980 Exhibition of Landscapes.
1978 Personal Exhibition, Hall of Art, Leningrad, Russia.
1977 Exhibition in Leningrad ( St Petersburg ).
1976 Group Exhibition Moscow.
1975 Exhibition of portraits, Russian State Museum St Petersburg.
1973 Exhibition 'Self Portraits of Russian and Soviet Artists
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Member of Contemporary Art Academy
Since 1974 participated in over 200 exibitions
Artists work could be found in many museums and private international collections:
The Master’s Works are presented in:
· The State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russian
· The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
· Fisher Museum in South California, CA, USA
· Museum of City History, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
· Turku National Museum, Turku, Finland
· Art Museum, Ckabarovsk, Russia
Live and works in St.-Petersburg
1929 Born in Uzbekistan
1974 One of the leaders of the movement of non-conformist artists (Russian underground in Leningrad)
