Russian artist Oleg Turkin

Baroque Hat, 2012. Oil on canvas. Painting by Russian artist Oleg Turkin

Russian artist Oleg Turkin
Born 29 June 1964 in Kishinev, Moldova, the USSR, Oleg Turkin (also known as Oleg Turchin) is a talented artist. According to Turkin, he became interested in drawing and painting in childhood. After graduating from children’s art school, in 1981, he entered the art school named after Shchusev. Then, he studied in Art Institute of Ilya Repin. Also, he graduated from the Institute of Arts, Faculty of Painting (1997). The genres of painting, in which Turkin works vary from realism to surrealism, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits and still life. Working with oil, the artist achieves a striking photographic clarity and sharpness. Most of these beautiful paintings are already in private collections of Russian and foreign art lovers. Particularly, in Moldova, Ukraine, Greece, Holland, USA, Turkey, and Italy.