Ivan Pokhitonov (1850-1923) was a painter, a genre artist, an Academician and a Full Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1904).
The creative work of the Master merged the poetic view of the world, inherent in a Russian landscape painter, with French sophistication. The artist painted small sized pictures and used an original technique: he worked on small boards of lemon or mahogany trees with the finest brushes, fish bones and other handy objects. In this manner, he attained smoothness, brilliance and a variety of colorful shades, created volume and space with the help of complex pictorial texture.
The artworks by I. Pokhitonov are displayed in many of the world's largest museums. Some of the most famous of his paintings are The Laundresses (1894), The Estate (early 1900s), and Spring Day (early 1900s).
The postage stamp features painting The Laundresses by Ivan Pokhitonov (State Tretyakov Gallery 1894), the margins of the souvenir sheet provide a portrait of the artist against the background of the artist’s studio.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Format of the block |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + bronzed paste + partial varnishing + security system |
Frame 12:11¾ |
50 × 37 mm |
120 × 87 mm |
17 thousand blocks |