The Park Bench
Oil on canvas
17 x 31 cm
Signed on reverse
Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist's family in the artist's studio, St.Petersburg
Exhibited: Paintings From St. Petersburg, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, 2003, no. 48
Born St Petersburg in 1928.
In 1939, at age 11 he entered the prestigious art school associated with the Repin Institute He was a student there until 1942.
In 1947, after the war, he was accepted into the Repin Institute where he studied under Professor Boris Ioganson, the best known artist in Russia at that time.
He was elected to the St. Petersburg Artists’ Union in 1955. He is best known for his impressionistic landscapes and beach scenes. He died in 1998.
Item #4051
Price: $1,400.00