Artists

Vladislav Nekosov was born in in Vetelnitsy of the Vladimir region in 1940. He studied miniature art under E. Zonina at the Mstera Vocational Art School from 1955 to 1959.

Nekosov worked as a miniaturist at the Proletarian Art Factory from 1959 to 1979. From 1965 to 1975 he was their leading artist. He has participated in art exhibitions since 1960. Merrited artist of the USSR (1988). Nekosov has also been a member of the USSR Union of Artist since 1975, and acted as chairman of the Mstera branch of the Russian Union of Artists from 1975 to 1992. Nekosov has lectured on the topics of design, Mstera painting and monumental art at the Mstera Art and Industrial School from 1986 to 1991.

Dmitriev N.G., 1986, "Mstera Made by Hand", Artist of RSFSR, Leningrad