Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
In both her portraits and striking figurative paintings, internationally renowned artist Anastasia Kurakina seeks to deeply probe a subject beyond what can be purely represented in a given piece.
Born in Moscow in 1987, Kurakina spent her childhood surrounded by art, poring over books about the Italian Renaissance at an early age. Her love of art led her to study at several prestigious art schools including the Academy of Fine Arts of Russia, the Academy of Fine Arts Rome, where she obtained a master’s degree in fine art and, in 2018, the Sorbonne University in Paris.
In her figurative, abstract and interior paintings, Kurakina uses rich colors and provocative shapes to explore a bit more than what is eventually represented on the canvas. Throughout her artistic career, Kurakina’s expressive figurative and nude watercolors have garnered critical acclaim, with many critics drawing comparisons to the styles of such masters as Gustav Klimt, David Hockney and others. Since her first exhibition in Moscow in 2005, she has participated in shows around the world, including galleries and museums in Los Angeles, Mexico, London, Milan and elsewhere.
Kurakina’s works are held in the collections of the Nonantola Benedictine Museum and Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, the Centro Nazionale di Studi Manzoniani, the International Museum of Humor in Art in Tolentino and more.
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2010s Vienna Secession Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Color Pencil
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Expressionist Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil Pastel
1970s Expressionist Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Gouache
1960s Expressionist Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Late 20th Century Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
Late 20th Century Expressionist Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-19th Century Academic Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Oil Pastel, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil, Graphite
Late 20th Century Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Expressionist Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
2010s Street Art Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Late 20th Century Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Vienna Secession Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor, Pencil
2010s Vienna Secession Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor