Brailovskaya Rimma Nikitichna

Brailovskaya; née Schmidt. Painter, graphic artist, decorative and applied arts artist. She worked both independently and in collaboration with her husband. She painted landscapes and genre paintings; turned to watercolor and tempera techniques. In the 1900–1910s, she completed a series of watercolors based on the fairy tales of A. S. Pushkin (“The Tale of the Dead Princess...”, 1907; “The Tale of Tsar Saltan...”, 1915). She was engaged in decorative and applied arts. She created a number of works using the techniques of embroidery, appliqué, and painting, and made tapestries and decorative panels. Presumably, in the 1900s she taught in the artistic sewing workshop at the Stroganov Central School of Art and Industry. In 1898 she married the artist L. M. Brailovsky. In collaboration with her husband, she completed a series of paintings called “Visions of Old Russia” (1920–1930s). She helped her husband in creating the Museum of Russian Religious Architecture at the Congregation of Oriental Churches in the Vatican. She took part in exhibitions of the Society of Russian Watercolor Painters (1899, 1902–1905), the Moscow Association of Artists (1909, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916), the New Society of Artists (1909–1915), and “Free Creativity” (1915, 1916). In the 1920–1940s, she participated in many exhibitions in various European cities: Rome, Paris, Milan, London, Amsterdam, The Hague, Munich, Budapest, New York. She held personal exhibitions (together with Brailovsky) in Paris (1930) and the Vatican (1932). Brailovskaya's works are in a number of museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of Russian Religious Architecture at the Congregation of Oriental Churches in the Vatican and others.