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Fedot Sychkov, "Girl in a Blue Shawl", 1935
Федот Сычков, "Девушка в синем платке", 1935
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Fedot Vasilevich Sychkov (March 13, 1870, Kochelaevo, Russian Empire – August 3, 1958, Saransk) was a Russian painter. Fedot Sychkov is best known for his compositions containing only one or two figures. Despite the similarity of type of depicted people paintings look in different ways. Basically, there is a pure portrait, where the model is shown in a neutral background. Centre to all the paintings is a human coexistence with the natural world. In his portraits, landscape always combines with emotional state of characters or contrasts with it.
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