In his work, Anna Golubkina guided by the idea of selfless service to art , " you need to forget everything , give everything ." Arriving in Moscow from Zaraysk , she began professional education at the age of 25 years in the fine arts classes artist-architect AO Gunst , continued her studies at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, and then in the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. But the methods of teaching academic school did not coincide with the expectations Golubkina .

desire to be the center of artistic life in Europe prompted her to make several trips to Paris. Here she met Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and visited his studio in the 1896-1897 years . Communication with the famous sculptor and his advice helped realize Golubkina own way in art : "You ... the best of the artists ... gave me the opportunity to be free ... " Intersections creativity of these artists were considered for the exhibition "Meeting a century : Rodin . Golubkina . Claudel " in the Tretyakov Gallery in 2004 .