Nikolai Matveyevich Pozdneyev (1930 - 1978)

Nikolai Matveyevich Pozdneyev

Nikolai Matveyevich Pozdneyev (Russian: Николай Матвеевич Позднеев) was a Soviet artist of the mid-twentieth century. He is known as a painter, a master of landscape, portrait and genre painting.

Nikolai Pozdneyev became famous in 1959 with one of his first genre compositions, "Spring Day". In the late 1950s and early 1960s he became one of the leading Leningrad artists, a well-known colorist and master of composition. His works stood out for their original bold layout and ability to convey everyday scenes in poetic images.