Culture vultures always have at least one must –see-before-I-die destination on their list: "One of the most remarkable collections of 20th – century Russian art sits in the Karakalpakstan State museum of Art”

Cheryl Collins,
International Herald Tribune

Kovalevskaya Zinaida (1902-1979 )

Studied at the Kazan Art School (1922-1927) under Pavel Benkov. In 1943 she took an external degree at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.Repin in Leningrad. Since 1930 in Uzbekistan. Worked as a teacher at the Samarkand Art School. The artist painted from life using a rich colour range of South.

By the khauz (pond). Oil on canvas. 83x83,5

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