D.V. Miliev, was a Russian artist living and working in
the Novgorod area of Russia. Novogorod is an important city for
Russian icon painting in the nearby monasteries beginning from
fifteen century. It is situated about half way between St. Petersburg
on the Northeast and Moscow on the Southwest.
Miliev was active from about 1895 to 1917, up to the Russian
Revolution. He painted in the small villages in and around Novgorod
. His subjects were Isbushki (small wood log houses prevalent
in Northern Russia), small local Russian Orthodox churches, fishing
boats, the local people in their environment. His watercolors
and drawings were quite accomplished and suggests art training
in France. His work is loose, confident and colorful, and yet
the detail is never overlooked. Art Nouveau style, which evolved
out France Germany and Austria, is also evident in many of Miliev's
works.
