VALERY CHUIKOV (B. 1949) Still life with peonies and peaches

inscribed 'V. Chuikov /o./c /2017' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 70 x 60 cm painted in 2017 Valery Chuikov is a Ukrainian painter, master of still life, landscape and genre painting. He studied at the Republican Art School named after T. Shevchenko, Kyiv State Art Institute, he is a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, laureate of republican, all-Union and international competitions. Since 1990 he has been exhibiting in Great Britain, in 2011 he was awarded the International Order of Queen Anne 'Honour of the Motherland' on the diamond star of the Ist degree, the insignia of the Knight's Legion of Ukraine. His artworks are exhibited in museums in Ukraine, Russia and private collections.