The head of the museum from Berdyansk paints animals and icons

Alevtina Krivanova heads the Brodsky Art Museum in Berdyansk and heads the Zaporozhye branch of the Union of Artists of Russia. In two years, she buried six loved ones, but the anger in her is not only faith. Her watercolors hang in the altar of the temple, and animal portraits won international competitions.

Krivanova is a rare artist-animalist for Berdyansk. In 2022, she met the Shepherd Ulsi in the city, left her portrait as a memory, and in 2024 she saw the dog again on the street. They never saw each other again, but the artist believes in the meeting.

She began to draw unexpectedly: in 2017 she took a brush, and the soul lay down with the animals. She works in watercolor, and her paintings are so detailed that they are mistaken for photographs. After the death of her husband, she began to paint icons, and the icon of Prince Vladimir, promised to the temple, finished two years later. She said she never asked God for what, but only asked for strength to stand the test.

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