Nikolai Timkov was born to a farming family in the years prior to the Russian revolution. He grew up among Cossacks in a village on the Don river and acquired a life-long appreciation for rural life and nature. Although orphaned at an early age, the highly talented child was raised in an orphanage where his artistic aspirations were noted and nurtured.
During the 1930s Timkov studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) under Isaac Brodsky who directed a rigorous school focusing on creativity in the best traditions of Russian art. During the Soviet era, the authorities dictated that all artists should work within the guidelines of Soviet Socialist Realism, requiring all art to depict the “reality of revolutionary Russia.” Timkov was among the few artists who turned to landscape painting as a way of avoiding avert Soviet propaganda, while still celebrating a Russian identity.
He lived in St. Petersburg and worked in the beautiful suburbs of the former Russian capital for most of his life. Timkov distinguished himself through his concentration on the land itself, and expressed his deep identification with serene, unspoiled nature. Timkov’s art has been highly regarded by art connoisseurs at hundreds of shows and exhibitions. The public and critics alike appreciate the integrity and wholeness of his artistic outlook, his vivid color scheme, his technical virtuosity, and his consummate spiritual awareness.
Nikolai Timkov is a Russian impressionist artist whose works are viewed as those of a highly distinguished and original master. His paintings, always authentic in details, are also generalized by symbolic meaning. Timkov’s artistry captures an elemental relationship of a people to their land – something shared by Russians and Americans. Dr. Albert Kostenevich, Curator of Impressionist Art at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, has characterized Timkov as “the greatest Russian Impressionist landscape painter” of the mid-to late 20th century.
Timkov is represented in major museums and art galleries worldwide including the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the Museum of History (St. Petersburg), the Museum of Russian Art (Minnesota, USA) and numerous private collections in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Research Sources: Soviet Impressionism by Vern Swanson, Meridian International Center, AskArt, Wikipedia (Russian)
Village Farm House (Blue House), 1949
By Nikolai Efimovich Timkov
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts from a Los Angeles collector who acquired the painting directly from the Timkov Family in Russia. UNFRAMED: 6.75" x 9.88" FRAMED: 12...
Oil, Panel
$1,229
H 7.68 in W 9.77 in D 0.2 in
Impressionist Market Scene Before a Church, Lively Village Square
Located in Genève, GE
Dimensions with frame: 24,7 x 30,5 x 2 cm. Signed "Valter" in the lower right corner. A vibrant Impressionist scene capturing the energy of a bustling village market set before a su...
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,500
H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
Quiet Afternoon in Cotswold Village - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By David L. Ghilchik
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century figurative landscape of a contemplative woman in Cotswold village, England by David L. Ghilchik (b. 1892 Romania; d. 1972 London), c.1945. Signed lower right ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,150
H 18 in W 14 in
English Early 20th Century impressionist, man fishing by river landscape
By Ernest Walbourn
Located in Woodbury, CT
English early 20th century, Impressionist river landscape with fisherman. Ernest Charles Walbourn was born on 16 February 1872 at Dalston, Middlesex. The second of five children, he...
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,097
H 19.89 in W 23.04 in D 2.76 in
Charles Verbrugghe, Bruges 1877 – 1974 Paris, Belgian Painter, 'A View of Damme'
By Charles Verbrugghe
Located in Knokke, BE
Verbrugghe Charles Bruges 1877 – 1974 Paris Belgian Painter 'A View of Damme' Signature: Signed bottom right, on reverse placed "Damme" Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: Image size 3...
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"Rio Grande", Oil Painting
By Hazel Z Weckbach
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Rio Grande" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a canyon between stunning cliffs and rocks formations in a desert landscape dotted with green shrubbery. Artist Statement: "Subject matter to me is a vehicle for me to explore how I observe life. My urban influences are an assembly of varied fabrics stitched together to form a tapestry. It is not to resemble a literal story of what it is; moreover, it is a quilt that explains my visual expression. What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountains, hills, and streams. City nights are lit up like lightning bugs...
Oil, Panel
"Alley up to the castle (Redondo, Portugal)" Oil painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Alley up to the castle (Redondo, Portugal)" is an oil painting that depicts the impressionistic rendering of an alley and white buildings with a bright ...
Oil, Panel
$850
H 12 in W 12 in
"Stand Still" (2025) Original Impressionist Autumn Landscape Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
"Stand Still" is a beautiful original impressionist Gouache painting depicting a forest scene, with a lightly flowing creek shore with steep fractured rocks, leading to a pathway sur...
Oil, Panel
$3,000
H 8 in W 12 in
"Les Copains d'Abord" oil painting, boats docked alongside French Harbor, framed
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Les Copains D'Abord" is a plein air painting created in France by American plein-air painter, Marc Dalessio. In a traditional handmade gold frame, also available in black. Framed ...
Oil, Panel
$1,100
H 12 in W 12 in
"German Pasture" By Mikael Olson, Impressionist Oil Landscape Painting
By Mikael Olson
Located in Denver, CO
Mikael Olson's (US based) "German Pasture" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts several black cows on a verdant hill. Born in Denver in 1973, Mikael Olson has been pa...
Oil, Panel
$16,500
H 18 in W 32 in
"The Palm" impressionist painting, Bahamas seascape, palm tree, distant sailboat
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a Palm Tree, painted from life in the Bahamas, in 2013. A sandy foreground leads our eye to a single tree trunk, leaning towards the sea, casting a skinny shadow o...
Oil, Panel
$2,600
H 12 in W 16 in
"Canyon de Chelly Shade" (2024) By Billyo O'Donnell, Original Oil Landscape
By Billyo O'Donnell
Located in Denver, CO
"Canyon de Chelly Shade" (2024) is a beautiful original impressionist oil landscape done by Billyo O'Donnell. This painting measures 17.5 x 21.5 inches framed and is ready to hang. ...
Oil, Panel
"Embers" (2024) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Quang Ho
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "Embers" (2024) is a beautiful impressionist oil painting on panel that depicts a landscaped engulfed in bright red and orange flames. About the artist: Quang Ho was bor...
Oil, Panel
Nestos River Valley
By Nikolai Efimovich Timkov
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on panel signed lower right and dated 1978. This is an excellent example of Timkov's work with provenance from The Pushkin Collection, label on verso. Measures 19.75" x 27.5" painting and 27.75" x 34.75" including the frame. Nikolai Efimovich Timkov...
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