Elena Petrovna Skuin (1908 - 1986)

Elena Petrovna Skuin

Elena Petrovna Skuin (Russian: Елена Петровна Скуинь) was a Soviet artist of the second half of the twentieth century. She is known as a painter, graphic artist, draftsman and teacher, a representative of the Leningrad school.

Elena Skuin wrote genre paintings, portraits, still lifes and landscapes. She worked in a variety of techniques including oil painting, watercolor and charcoal drawing. Her greatest successes were still lifes, and in the 1970s she came to be regarded as an outstanding watercolorist.

Her works reflected the beauty and aesthetics of everyday objects, giving them a soulful warmth.