First Snow

Mykola Hryhorovych Tykhonov was a painter, graphic artist, poster artist, monumentalist. Born on December 22, 1917 in Yaroslavl, Russia. Graduated from the Yaroslavl Art School (1939). His teachers by profession were F. Shytov, V. Hanashkin. Worked in the field of political posters. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1963). Starting in 1949 worked in Mariupol. He created monumental works: mosaic in the Taras Shevchenko Cinema in collaboration with A. Kechedzhi and Yu. Raizin (1964 to 1965, Mariupol); relief in the Wedding Palace (1967, Mariupol); mosaic in a department store in the village of Kuibyshevo, Zaporizhia region (1968); mosaic in the Yuvileyny Cinema (1970, Mariupol); relief with mosaic in the Soyuz cinema (1977, Mariupol); mosaic in the Metallurg boarding house of the Ilyich Plant (1977 to 1979) – all co-authored with Yu. Raizin; mosaic in a shopping center in Yenakiyevo co-authored with Yu. Raizin and V. Ponomarev (1970). He worked in the poster genre (co-work with Yu. Raizin). 12 posters were published in mass circulation in the Polityzdat Ukrainy (1964 to 1972). Starting in 1961 he participated in all-Union and republic art exhibitions of graphics and posters. He lived and worked in Donetsk. He died in 1989.