Sergei Babkov

1920 - 1993

Flying a Red Flag 1956

Oil on card
11 x 16 cm
Signed and dated

Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist’s studio, St Petersburg

Sergei Fedorovich Babkov was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre and portrait paintings.

Very well known in St Petersburg. A war hero, he fought in the Seige of Leningrad. Studied Repin Academy, Boris Ioganson workshop.
refer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Babkov

Item #5561

Price: $1,100.00