Kotov, Viktor I., Podolsk
*1927 +1994
1957 – III exhibition of young painters «Autumn» 85×120 cm
1958 – IV exhibition of young painters «Dask» 35×50, «Spring» 47×60 cm
1959 – V exhibition of young painters «On the avenue» 100×170 cm
1960 he entered the Union of Artists
Important shows:
1960 – Soviet Russia, Moscow
1961 – All-Union exhibition, Moscow
1978 – One-man show in Podolsk
1995 – Exhibition of the veterans of World War II
His main subject has been the landscape. The lyrical simplicity and unaffected style of his
colour scheme are in tune with the artist’ s own mood , expressing his attachment to his native
scenery and punctuating the beauty of Russian nature.
His works are in local museums of the Moscow region as well as in private collections
in Russia and abroad: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, USA, Canada, China, Japan.