Stepan Fedorovich Kolesnikoff, Russian 1879 to 1955, oil on canvas painting depicting a winter village scene. Signed lower left: S. Kolesnikoff. Framed. Stepan Fedorovitch Kolesnikoff, was a distinguished Realist painter born in the Ukraine in 1879. He originally studied at the Odessa Institute of Art, where he graduated in 1903 with high honors, which led to his acceptance at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. At the Imperial Academy, Kolesnikoff was a student of Kiselev, and graduated with the rank of Artist in 1909. From 1915-20, Kolesnikoff lived in Odessa and exhibited regularly at exhibitions of artists from Southern Russia. He emigrated to Belgrade, Serbia in the 1920s, where he became a professor at the Belgrade Academy of Fine Arts and his works were in extraordinary demand. One of a kind artwork. Antique Russian Fine Art And Wall Decor Collectibles.