Pastel shops painting of USSR artist V.Kostenko,1979. "Vecrīga. Jāņa sēta" ("In Old Riga. Yanya seta")Ancient square,old,landscape of the old city

The painting "Vecrīga. Jāņa sēta" ("In Old Riga. Yanya seta") was painted by Soviet Ukrainian artist Victoria Kostenko in 1979.
Materials: pastel, paper
Dimensions: 50 cm x 61 cm (19.68 x 24)

The picture shows the fortress wall, an old house with balconies overlooking the deserted market square, the dome of the temple is visible behind the wall. In the distance, two people: a man and a woman talking slowly.
He needs a frame to hold it in place, but I will let the next owner decide which type of frame and which color will look better. I like these old paintings leaning against the walls because they really don't even need a frame to add to their interior style.
This beautiful painting was created in 1965 by the famous Soviet Ukrainian artist Victoria Kostenko.

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Condition: good vintage condition. The photo is relevant. You can see the whole picture, edges, and corners. Please look carefully at the whole photo.
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About the artist:
Victoria Kostenko (1927 - 2015), an outstanding artist of the region of the Dnipropetrovsk region in eastern Ukraine. She was a rare Soviet woman whose talent was astounded. It is noteworthy that she managed to get closer to patriarchal men who did not like women at all. Nevertheless, Victoria enjoyed great respect as a master artist and continued her career, despite her gender.

Victoria Kostenko - Ukrainian and Russian artist, painter, graphic artist. Born in 1927 in Kamyshlov, Sverdlovsk Region, Russia. In 1949 she graduated from the Sverdlovsk Art College and continued her education in Estonia (the city of Tartu). Member of shops art exhibitions since 1956. Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine since 1971. Her works were acquired by the Dnepropetrovsk Art Museum, the Kirovograd Gallery "Elisavetgrad" and private collectors from all over Europe.
Victoria Kostenko is included in the “Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Painting of the Twentieth Century, 1900–1980” by Matthew Callern Bown (p. 162).
One of Victoria's paintings "Portrait of a Boy" was sold at an auction in Moscow in 2012 for $ 8,294 https://artinvestment.ru/auctions/83440
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