1956 (Moscow) - present.
Master of context in impressionistic landscape and still life. A pictorial phrase for this artist is determinative in perception of elusive time; details are not a goal, but a landmark in an effluence of light he can touch, mood or, precisely, impression is just an echoes, the sound phrases of the environment, in which artist is a story writer, composing novels about Russian province.
Graduated from Moscow Art School of 1905 year (Y. Sedov's workshop) (1983).
Member of the Union of Artists of Russia (1993).
Honored Artist of Russia (2008).Personal exhibits were held in Moscow (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), Podolsk (1999, 2004), Tarusa (2004), Serpukhov (2005). Creative journeys to Cuba (2001) and Indonesia (2003). Participant of international plein airs in Belarus (2003, 2004, 2005) and Ukraine (2004).
Since 1980 N. Burtov participates in exhibitions: regional, republican, all-Union, international. Works are exhibited in art museums of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, in private collections of many countries of the world.