Olga Dolgaya. A Still-Life with Flowers. 2006

A Still-Life with Flowers (Olga Dolgaya, 2006)

Valery Busygin. A Summer Day. 2005

A Summer Day (Valery Busygin, 2005)

Valery Busygin. Poppies. 2006

Poppies (Valery Busygin, 2006)

Valery Busygin. Camomiles. 2005

Camomiles (Valery Busygin, 2005)

Nikolai Bogatov. A Beekeeper. 1875

A Beekeeper (Nikolai Bogatov, 1875)

There is an interesting detail to this painting. Note well that the peasant beekeeper is reading, meaning that he is literate, a minority amongst the peasantry at that time. The ribbon bookmark seems to imply that the text is religious in nature, which means further that he is probably an Old Ritualist (Staro-obraztsy, called “Old Believers” in the West, a misnomer) or some other sort of sectarian.

Igor Ponov. A Summer Evening. 2003

A Summer Evening (Igor Ponov, 2003)

Tatiana Bogonina-Vlasova. A Still-Life with Apples. 1996

A Still-Life with Apples (Tatiana Bogonina-Vlasova, 1996)

Tatiana Bogonina-Vlasova. The Source of the Bread. 1994

The Source of the Bread (Tatiana Bogonina-Vlasova, 1994)

Tatiana Bogonina-Vlasova. A Still-Life with Bluebells. 1996

A Still-Life with Bluebells (Tatiana Bogonina-Vlasova, 1996)

Tatiana Bogonina-Vlasova. A Still-Life with Peonies. 1997

A Still-Life with Peonies (Tatiana Bogonina-Vlasova, 1997)