One of prominent Russian artists creating at the beginning of the XX century was Elena Andreyevna  Kiselyova, a daughter of the famous researcher and teacher of mathematics.

  She was born in Voronezh in 1878. When studying at Voronezh Mariinsky Gymnasium she was taught drawing by the founders of Voronezh drawing school M. Ponomaryov and L. Solovyov. After finishing the gymnasium with a golden medal Maria went to St. Petersburg to study Mathematics in 1896. But two years later she changed studying Math for studying painting. I. E. Repin, a famous Russian painter, was her professor at St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.

   In 1907 she finished the academy and was awarded a scholarship to continue her studies abroad for her canvass "Whit Sunday".

  Her works were displayed at various exhibitions, among which the most important ones were those of contemporary Russian art in Munich (1909) and Rome (1911). They also were reproduced in the best magazines and purchased by art conoisseurs.

  A lot of her pictures were painted in the small estate of the Kiselyovs which merged now with the village of Khrenovoye where famous Orlovsky trotters are bred.

   A boarding school for physically challenged children is in their house now. Volonteers from Voronezh Education Complex visited the children of the boarding school bringing presents and giving performances.

    In 1921 Kiselyova left for Belgrade where her husband worked as professor of Mathematics in the University of Belgrade. At the period of her life the artist worked little. In 1967 she presented Voronezh Museum of Fine Arts with her works which enriched the collection of the department of Voronezh artists. In 1974 Kiselyova E.A. died.

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