Olga I. Krylova was born on May 25, 1920. She graduated from Kyiv Art Institute in 1949. Her teachers were the very famous Ukrainian artists O.Shovkunenko and T.Yablonska. In 1951 Olga became a member of Artists Union. Her paintings were marked as distinguished at the department of Kyiv Art Institute. Her diploma painting "Milkmaids at the Collective Farm" (1949) were recommended for the exhibition of Ukrainian Art, held in Moscow in the beginning of 50's. Olga painted a lot in the 50's, and participated in a number of exhibitions. Her best paintings for that period of time were "Concert at Home" and "A Lady in a Vegetable Garden". However, she considers she was at the peak of her artistic talent  in the 70's. Olga used to spend considerable time painting in Sediv House of Arts (Chernyhiv oblast). Her colleagues there evaluated her paintings as the best and the most interesting. Her art was respected and appreciated by famous artists like M. Deregus and M. Gluschenko (he studied in Germany with Hitler, then lived in Paris, he was known all over the world). Gluschenko always considered her paintings to be the best, to be only top paintings. He said that Olga had her own special unusual style. Gluschenko even had invented a term, describing her style, it is "Art or Painting Constructivism". 

Krylova had a very paradoxical fate as an artist. She was very well-known among her talented colleagues, but was hardly known in society, in the country or moreover outside the country. Olga says, that she sacrificed promotion of her name for the sake of her art independence. She didn't want anybody to envy her. She was extremely talented and even though they were not being promoted her paintings were very popular even though her name was not really known.   Olga had many students, who in the course of time were getting Shevchenko's awards as well as other prestigious awards. So, she knows how to pass the experience on to others.