Pushkin Gallery— Santa Fe, NM

Mirage of Riders, 1993, Acrylic on Canvas

Boris Chetkov (1926-2010)

In harmonious tones the colors were talking to each other, working out their conflicts, their passions, their desires. Hundreds of paintings were stacked all around me and no two were alike. I had never seen anything like it.
— Kenneth Pushkin, Post-War Russian art researcher & collector
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Artist At The Dam, 1962, Oil on Panel

Vasily Golubev (1925-1987)

Totally unique in his time, Golubev was the original Russian Expressionist. Although he had the highest level of academic skill, he dared to stand apart - at great peril to himself in the Soviet system.
— Professor Albert Kostenevich, Keeper of Impressionist Paintings - State Hermitage Museum - St. Petersburg, Russia
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Afternoon in Rostov, 1970, Oil on Panel, 20" x 28" (50cm x 70cm)

Nikolai Timkov (1912-1993)

Considered the paladin of Post-War Russian Impressionism, Nikolai Timkov, favoured student of Russian greats Isaac Brodsky and Igor Grabar, was a true romantic, for whom the native villages and peasant dwellings were not mute motifs but living entities.
— Dr. Alexander Borovsky, Head of Contemporary Art, State Russian Museum
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Since 1995, the Pushkin Gallery has been representing individual works and Lifetime Collections by important Russian Post-War 'Outsiders', notably including Nikolai Timkov (1912-1993), Boris Chetkov (1926-2010) and Vasily Golubev (1925-1985).

Kenneth Pushkin comments, "the paintings in this collection are rare and among the most significant examples of Outsider art from postwar Soviet Union / Russia - and they are beautiful. It’s notable that the highest-level works from this period have all but disappeared - acquired by museums or hidden in private collections."

As the decades slip by and with few fresh offerings appearing on the market, the focus is naturally shifting to works by the most compelling postwar artists. These painters, each extraordinary, went against the Soviet grain at a time when they risked everything to follow their vision. Now, in view of Russia’s renewed embrace of totalitarianism, their brilliant artistic contributions and stories of defiant independence are more important than ever.

The Collected Works
of Boris Chetkov

Pushkin Gallery is pleased to announce the captivating new website dedicated to The Collected Works of Boris Chetkov. Explore, discover and share the stunning creations and important story of this extraordinary artist.

Thank You for your studied appreciation of the best of Post War and Modern Art.

Boris Chetkov (1926-2010)

Vasily Golubev (1925-1987)

Nikolai Timkov (1912-1993)

The Collected Worksof Boris Chetkov

The Collected Works
of Boris Chetkov