Vasili Kirillovich Nechitailo

Vasili Kirillovich Nechitailo	Vasili Kirillovich Nechitailo was born in Nikolaevskoe, the province of Rostov-on-Don, in 1915. In 1931 he began his study of art at the Krasnodar Art Tekhnikum where he remained until 1935. In 1935 the artist entered into preparatory art courses at the Surikov Institute. After approximately two years of preperation, Nechitailo enrolled in the Moscow Art Institute as a full time student under the tutelage of the revered professor Gerasimov. He attended the Institute from 1937 to 1942. The artist then enrolled in their graduate program in 1942. In 1943, while still attending the Surikov, Nechitailo and 11 other academically accomplished artists were evacuated to Samarkand, Uzbekistan for the duration of the war. It looked like Moscow might fall to the Germans so the Soviet government decided to evacuate their most promising artists who they saw as cultural assets. He returned and completed his graduate degree in 1944. He was honored with the opportunity to teach at the Surikov Institute from 1948 until 1956. Vasili Nechitailo began to actively exhibit in 1945. Nechitailo died in Moscow in 1980. Maria Savchenkova, Nechitailo’s wife is still living. Museum of Russian Art, Minnesota - Labor Brigade, 1964, Oil on Canvas, 31 ¾ x 39 ½ in. - Nastenka, 1975, Oil on Canvas, 41 x 21 1/2 in. - School Girl, Ksyusha, 1955, Oil on Canvas, 39 ¼ x 28 ½ in. - Anya Kazakova, 1964, Oil on Canvas, 57 ½ x 25 ¾ in. - Blue Shadows, 1976, Oil on Board, 39 ¾ x 31 ¼ in. - Waitress Nadya, 1970-77, Oil on Canvas, 59 x 26 ¼ in. Overland Gallery of Fine Art - Nude, Masha, 1976, Oil on Canvas, 59 ½ x 47 ¼ in. - On Kuban Virgin Land, 1958, Oil on Canvas, 31 1/2 x 59 1/8 in.
A collection of images of paintings by Nechitailo. Click on any image to view a larger version. Assembled by Bob Smith, July 2008, updated August 2010 with 28 additional works at the top.

Blue Shadows 1976	Brigadier of Communist Workers - 1964	Bride, 1974
By the Pond, Autumn, 1972	Green Boat, 1975	Holiday in Nikolskoye, 1972
Combiner Andrey Matuzny, 1967	Gurzuf, 1959	Hot Key Village- Spring, 1970s
Ira Sokolova, 1962	Lubotchka the Postlady, 1958_59	Lusya Trushina, 1962
Orange House, 1962	Poplar Alley, 1975	Sketch with the Horse, 1960s
Portrait of Old Man -Study to the Painting, On Red Square, 1961	Portrait of the Test Pilot, the Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel , 1975	Study of the , 1960s
Sunflowers, 1979	The Old House in the Village, 1968	The Sketch, The Collective Farmer, 1946
The Tractor Driver, 1949	Venice, 1970	Vera Andreevna Kiyasova, Milkmaid of Collective Farm Michurina, 1971
Vera Bozhenko-Goryachiy Kluch Town 1973.jpg	View of Pereslavl City, 1978	Worker Cherbunin D V, 1954
Wormwood Steppe, 1978
Base for the terrorists (from the region of Alta) 1954	Brigadier of Communist Workers - 1964	Collection of signatures under the peace petition - 1953
Girl with an apple - 1950's	M. Savchenkova painting en plein air - 1939	Nude Masha - 1976
On Kuban virgin land - 1958	On the spring sun - 1965	Pilogeya Kovaleva - 1973
Portrait of Elizaveta Kruglikova - 1939	School girl Ksyusha - 1955	Steelmaker - 1969
Study for painting Kalkhoz Praznik - 1939	Study of a man - 1949	Team leader - 1965
View of Venice - 1928	Worker Cherbunin D. V. - 1954