Олійний живопис «Березовий гай», Дар’їн Г. О.

The painting depicts a bright birch grove with tall, slender trees. In the foreground, a female figure in light clothing is seated on the grass. On the reverse side, an author’s inscription is preserved, indicating the artist’s name — Gennady Aleksandrovich Daryin, along with the title, technique, and dimensions, as well as a Soviet stamp confirming the official permission for the painting’s export abroad during the late USSR period. Biographical information: Gennady Alexandrovich Daryin (August 19, 1922 — March 7, 2012) was a Soviet artist, member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1954, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1978). He graduated from the Yaroslavl Art School and the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after I. E. Repin at the USSR Academy of Arts (studio of People's Artist of the USSR B. V. Johanson). Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1954. He worked in the creative workshops “Academic Dacha” and the D. N. Kardovsky House of Creativity. He worked in various genres, but landscapes were most significant in his work: nature, traditional villages, and everyday life in the Volga region and the Russian North. Participant in regional, republican, all-Union, foreign, and international exhibitions. Solo exhibitions: Yaroslavl (1973, 1978, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2007), Moscow (1977). He died in 2012 in Yaroslavl.