The painter has travelled and painted widely in Western Europe [2][3] and organised some exhibitions there, notably in
France.[4][5][6][7][8] The artist's paintings are available in the Matthieu Dubuc gallery in
Rueil-Malmaison, in the vicinity of
Paris-La Défense.[9][10][11] The artist's exhibitions take place in galleries, museums [12] and annual exhibitions organised in common by artists, such as Art Capital or Souvenir de Corot in
Paris and its neighbourhood. The artist has been participating for many years in the Watercolour and Drawing Annual Exhibition in
Grand Palais and in
Grand Palais Éphémère,
Paris,
France. In 2022, 2023 and 2024 also at Art Capital, Nikolai Kuzmin took part at
Grand Palais Éphémère in the 'Salon Comparaisons' annual exhibition, together with the '
Ut pictura poesis' and later 'Inevitable Figuration' groups of artists,[13] of which he is a member, both successively led by the painter
Carole Melmoux.
Nikolai Kuzmin also has regular exhibitions in
Russia, notably with the
Moscow Union of artists, of which he is a member.[14][15]
Artwork
Nikolai Kuzmin's favourite
painting technique is oil on canvas with spatula.[16]
The painter's work has been strongly influenced by the remembrance of his childhood.[18]
Nikolai Kuzmin likes painting the architecture of his home town
Moscow.[19] He also paints the landscapes he observes during his travels, like on the island of Korčula in Croatia.
The themes covered by Nikolai Kuzmin's paintings are varied:[20][21]
Garden-spring-blooming
Artwork on paper / On the road to Murom-the Farewell
Abstract oil artwork / Interlacing of roads
Portrait
After the war
Travel:
○ Paris Region:
- Ponds of Corot
- Forest of Fausses Repose
- Versailles-Viroflay
- Around Paris
- Paris
○ French Province:
- Mediterranean
- Corsica
- Sainte-Victoire-Mountain
- The Alps
- Brittany
- Normandy
- Other French regions
○ Croatia
○ Crimea
Native soil
At the dacha
Architecture:
○ Moscow
○ Russia
○ Western Europe (Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium)
Landscape:
○ Russian landscape
○ Russian winter landscape
○ Western Europe (Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium)
Religious, popular and mythological:
○ Religious
○ Popular
○ Mythological
Still life and Flowers:
○ Still life
○ Flowers
Other themes
References
^Vechernyaya Moskva (Moscow Evening Newspaper) on Saturday 17 May 1997, an article by Evgeny Nekrasov, picture by Alexander Abaza.