Nikolai’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Our One-Thousandth Blow
Nikolai Fedorovich Denisovskii (Born Moscow, 1901; died Moscow, 1981) Pavel Sokolov-Skalya (Born Strel'nia, 1899; died Moscow, 1961) Vasilii Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach (Born Moscow, 1898; died Moscow, 1949)

Victory!
Nikolai Fedorovich Denisovskii (Born Moscow, 1901; died Moscow, 1981) Vasilii Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach (Born Moscow, 1898; died Moscow, 1949)

A "Statesman" of Contemporary Germany
Nikolai Fedorovich Denisovskii (Born Moscow, 1901; died Moscow, 1981)

The Victory Document
Nikolai Fedorovich Denisovskii (Born Moscow, 1901; died Moscow, 1981)

Straining in Vain
Nikolai Fedorovich Denisovskii (Born Moscow, 1901; died Moscow, 1981) Mikhail Maksimovich Vershinin (Born 1923; died 1986)

Untitled
Nikolai Fedorovich Denisovskii (Born Moscow, 1901; died Moscow, 1981)

Derailed!
Nikolai Fedorovich Denisovskii (Born Moscow, 1901; died Moscow, 1981) Dem'ian Bednyi (Born Gubovka, 1883; died Moscow, 1945)

Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder (English, 1558–1608) Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England

Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Hussar's Armor
Polish

Pikeman Armor for an Officer
English, Greenwich

Display Cabinet
Louis-Désire-Eugène Gaillard French, 1862-1933

After Franz Marc: 1-6
Sherrie Levine American, born 1947

Elements of an Armor for the Joust in the Italian Fashion
South German; Augsburg

Oneika I
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Infantry Armor
German, possibly Cologne

Infantry Armor
Northern German, Brunswick

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

Centerpiece and Stand with Pair of Sugar Casters
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: Songxuezhai Lan Ying
Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)