Nikolay Borisovich Terpsikhorov (1890 - 1960)

Nikolay Borisovich Terpsikhorov

Nikolay Borisovich Terpsikhorov (Russian: Николай Борисович Терпсихоров) was a Soviet artist of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, one of the most notable representatives of socialist realism.

Nikolay Terpsikhorov and his art were closely connected with the revolution and the history of the USSR. He created landscapes, portraits, watercolors, posters. His works devoted to revolutionary events, the happiness of Soviet childhood, the struggle against bourgeois vestiges, etc. were especially famous. The artist's works are kept in famous Russian museums, including the Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum, as well as in regional and foreign collections.