Pavel Varfolomevich Kuznetsov, Russian, Soviet Era, 1878 to 1968, color pencil painting on paper depicting a portrait of a woman in a niqab, a sketch for Turkestan Avtolitografii, Turkestan Autolithographs, Kuznetsovs eleven series of drawings of Turkestan, accompanied by his affectionate essay about the region. Signed with initials, lower left. Matted. Pavel Kuznetsov was a Russian painter, graphic artist, theater artist, muralist, teacher. He was one of the founders and ideologists of the Blue Rose association of Symbolist painters, which formed around the exhibition of the same name in 1907. Along with V.E. Borisov Musatov was one of the most consistent Russian Symbolist artists. He worked a lot in the theater. The works of P.V. Kuznetsov are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, in many regional Russian museums and private collections around the world. One of a kind artwork.