PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL FORMATION OF THE ARTIST KOSTINA N.V
The article is devoted to the study of the personal and professional development of the famous Ural artist, painter - Kostina Nina Vasilievna. The author considers the life stages that influenced the formation of a creative personality, namely: the prerequisites that served to develop interest in fine arts, specialized training and the environment that formed during this period, formation in the professional community. The study is based on the family archive of N.V. Kostina, albums about creativity, unpublished memoirs about the artist’s childhood and family. Based on the analysis of the main milestones of the creative path, a judgment is made about the personal and professional formation in the period of early work of Nina Vasilievna Kostina, which in turn allows one to talk about the formation of the artistic culture of the Urals in the post-war period.