Vladimir Tretchikoff
 Vladimir Grigoryevich Tretchikoff (Владимир Григорьевич Трéтчиков 26 December 1913—Old Style 13 December—in Petropavlovsk Russian Empire now Petropavl in Kazakhstan – 26 August 2006 in Cape Town South Africa) was one of the most commercially successful artists of all time - his painting Chinese Girl (popularly known as The Green Lady) is one of the best selling art prints of the twentieth century.Tretchikoff was a self-taught artist who painted realistic figures portraits still life and animals with subjects often inspired by his early life in China Singapore and Indonesia and later life in South Africa. 