Irina Kotova-Carpentier - Pastel drawing - Saint Germain Boucles de Seine

Yevgeny Shunejka, professor at the Belarusian State Academy of Fine Arts, wrote about Irina Kotova in the presentation of the exhibition at this academy in 2011: “(…) Her works are perceived as an extension living from the remarkable movements of French art from the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century associated with unforgettable works of the Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Symbolists, Expressionists (…) vivid and expressive, executed in a single breath, ( they) have aroused great interest among art connoisseurs and collectors in France and Belarus. »