Kazakhstan Contemporary art
Issa Abasovich Barkhanoyev (Russian: Исса Абасович Барханоев) was a Soviet and Russian Ingush artist of the last quarter of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He is known as a painter, draughtsman, landscape painter, genre painter and poet, a self-taught artist.
Issa Barkhanoyev created more than 500 paintings during his career, in which, according to critics, he skillfully conveyed his deep thoughts and feelings through images and symbols, and these works of art epitomize spirituality and life philosophy. The works of the folk artist are in museums of the Republic of Ingushetia and private collections.
Pavel Ivanovich Basmanov (Russian: Павел Иванович Басманов) was a Soviet and Russian artist of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, book graphic artist and illustrator.
Pavel Basmanov devoted his entire career, beginning in 1929, to book graphics, and was a member of the bureau of the graphic section of the Union of Artists. He is also known for his series of watercolor works, including "Old Siberia" and "Walking". His art was characterized by a unique approach based on religious motifs.
The master's works are in the collections of the State Russian Museum, the Tsarskoye Selo State Collection and private collections.