Turkmenistan Contemporary art
Yevgeniya Mikhailovna Adamova (Russian: Евгения Михайловна Адамова) was a Soviet artist of the second half of the twentieth century. She is known as a painter, People's Artist of the Turkmen SSR.
Yevgeniya Adamova, who moved to Turkmenistan from Ukraine in her youth, was educated at the Ashgabat Art School. During the Great Patriotic War, she creatively expressed herself as a poster artist in the TurkmenTAG agency. The artist created thematic paintings dedicated to the life of the Turkmen people and portraits. She held the post of deputy chairman of the Union of Artists of Turkmenistan.
Gennady Fyodorovich Babikov (Russian: Геннадий Фёдорович Бабиков) was a Soviet and Turkmen artist of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, watercolorist, master of landscape and still life and is considered the founder of the genre of Turkmen industrial landscape, representative of the Russian academic school of painting in Central Asia.
Gennady Babikov participated in the Great Patriotic War, at the front he created more than 100 graphic portraits of fellow soldiers. The artist was famous for his linocuts, and also developed a still life style, which was called "Babikov's" in Turkmenistan.
His works are in many private collections around the world.
Stanislav Gennadievich Babikov (Russian: Станислав Геннадьевич Бабиков) was a Soviet and Turkmen artist of the mid-twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, publicist, scenographer, as well as the son and pupil of Gennady Babikov, the founder of the Turkmen industrial landscape genre.
Stanislav Babikov is considered a continuator of the ideas of Russian Cezannism. He was a member of the informal Turkmen group "Seven", which sought to synthesize national elements and Western modernism in art. The master was also an author of articles on fine arts. His style reflects the influence of nature and climate of Turkmenistan and is characterized by bright color and expressiveness of color.
