Autumn forest Browns ,green,Birch trees Maya KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia 1924 - St. Petersburg 2005) Maya Kuzminichna Kopitzeva was born in 1924 in Georgia, but as early as the following year the family moved to St. Petersburg. from 1941 to 1945 she completed art studies at the Academy of Fine Arts. from 1946 he attended the prestigious Repin Institute in St. Petersburg under Boris Fogel, Leonid Ovsiannikov and Alexander Zaytsev, graduating in 1951 with Boris Ioganson. In the same year he became a member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists. from that time he began an intense productive activity, characterized in particular by still lifes and scenes of everyday life, and exhibitions at home and abroad. Among numerous official awards, in 2001 she was awarded the title of Artist Emeritus of the Russian Federation. Maya Kopitzeva is considered one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of painting and among the most brilliant Russian post-impressionist colorists of the second half of the 20th century. Particularly significant in her artistic career is the period she spent in Uzbekistan due to the relocation of the Academy to Samarkand during World War II. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no official proof of authenticity, however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity issues arising from misattribution