Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
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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21st Century and Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
1910s Art Deco Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
Late 19th Century Victorian Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Victorian Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Watercolor, Paper
1920s Victorian Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Watercolor, Paper
Mid-20th Century Modern Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1980s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1840s Victorian Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Handmade Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Anastasia Kurakina Portrait Paintings
Oil