Olga, G. Svetlechnaya

1946 -1997
25 paintings
Portrait of Olga, G. Svetlechnaya

Olga Grigoryevna Svetlechnaya was born in 1915 in the Ivanov countryside in the Yukhovskii region of the province Kaluzhskaya. She began her studies in art from 1929 to 1932 at the "1905" Moscow Art School. In 1934 she was accepted to the Surikov Institute. While attending the Institute, Olga had the fortune to study under the highly revered I.E. Grabar, S.E. Gerasimov, and A.A. Osmerkin. In 1937 Olga and Yuri P. Kugach, a fellow classmate, were married. In 1939, also while still in attendance at the Surikov, the artists had a son Mikhail Y. Kugach. Due to WWII, like so many of her contemporaries, her studies were interrupted by mandatory evacuations. In 1943 Olga Svetlichnaya and 11 other academically accomplished artists were evacuated to Samarkand, Uzbekistan for the duration of the war. It looked like Moscow might fall to the Germans so the Soviet government decided to evacuate their most promising artists whom they saw as cultural assets. She finally completed her studies at the Surikov in 1946.

After graduating, Svetlichnaya almost immediately began exhibiting. It has been said that her works have been included in every major Russian art exhibition since. After 1950, Olga and her family moved to the Tver region countryside where she continued to paint until her death in 1997. The decision to take up residence in the country was, in part, to allow Olga to paint beautiful works unfettered by the commercial world. Yuri Kugach (her husband) loved his wife dearly and valued her painting as highly, if not higher than, his own. Their son Mikhail remembers his father saying that he would play the career enhancing political games. He would become famous and earn the family income so that his wife could spend her life just painting great paintings.

1950 & 1951, All-Union Art Exhibition, Moscow

1960, Soviet Russia, Moscow

2009, Kugach, Kugach, Kugach, Three Generations of Artists, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

2009, The Russian Art Fair, London, England

Since 1943, Every major All-Union exhibition

Collections:(partial list)

Russia Artists' Union Snow is Coming Off, 1980, Oil on Canvas, 40 x 73 cm

Books:(partial list) The Connection of Times, Covering the works of Yuri, Olga, Mikhail, Ivan, and Ekaterina Kugach

Paintings

Springtime by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS1000FL

Springtime

Status: Available
Day in May by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS1001FL

Day in May

Status: Available
Landscape with Herds by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS1002FL

Landscape with Herds

Status: Available
Untitled, Inscribed on back: "For Dear Ludya" by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5001FL

Untitled, Inscribed on back: "For Dear Ludya"

Status: Available
Sudak Shore by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5002L

Sudak Shore

Status: Available
Winter in the Forest by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5003L

Winter in the Forest

Status: Available
First Snow by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5004L

First Snow

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In Thought by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5005FL

In Thought

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Garden by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5006FL

Garden

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Birches by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5007FL

Birches

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In the Village by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5008L

In the Village

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Windy Day by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5012L

Windy Day

Status: Available
Summer by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5014L

Summer

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In April by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5016FL

In April

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Blooming Lilacs by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5017FL

Blooming Lilacs

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May, Flowering Mountain Ash by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5020FL

May, Flowering Mountain Ash

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In the Garden by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5021L

In the Garden

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Winter Day by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5031FD

Winter Day

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Fir Tree in the Forest by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5032D

Fir Tree in the Forest

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Autunm by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5033FS

Autunm

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In March by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5034FD

In March

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Windy Day by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5035FS

Windy Day

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Close to Evening by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5036FD

Close to Evening

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The Autumn by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5040FL

The Autumn

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Coast of the River by Olga, G. Svetlechnaya
Ref. #: OS5028FL

Coast of the River

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