Evgenia Antipova

Evgenia Antipova was a Russian painter, graphic artist, and art teacher. She was known for her genre compositions, portraits, landscapes, and still life paintings, which she created using oils and watercolours. Among her favourite themes were apple orchards and Crimean landscapes. Antipova lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, known as Leningrad during the Soviet period, and is regarded as one of the main representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting. She studied at the Astrakhan Art School and the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. She participated in many art exhibitions since 1938. She served in the Red Army during the Second World War and was wounded and decorated for her bravery. She died in 2009 in Saint Petersburg.