Maria Esmont

River port in the evening
Oil on canvas     70cm x 80cm      2009

Graduated from the Moscow Academy of Printing, Art department. Worked as a illustrator and designer of books, magazines and advertising pictures. For many years she worked in NOVOSTI Press Agency in the Department of South-East Asia. Three times she was a main artist-designer of Soviet pavillions at International Fair “Tat Luang”, Laos.

She took active part in russian exhibitions. In 1989 she became a founder and President of “IRIDA” association of women artists uniting 100 artists of all kinds of Fine art.

She is an organizer of many exhibitions of Russian women artists in USA, Germany, France, Belgium, Egypt, England, Austria, Italy, Poland, Serbia.

Her project – printed book “Women-artists of Moscow. Way to the Art”(203 self-biografies).

She was awarded a title of Public Benefactor of Arts of Moscow.