Petr Smukrovich

1928 - 1998

Hot Summer Day 1962

Oil on paper  
28.5 x 49.5 cm  
Signed; also signed and dated on reverse  
Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. Petersburg

 

Petr Smukrovich  1928-1998

Born in St Petersburg. In 1939, aged 11 yrs, he entered the art school attached to the Repin Academy  and remained there until 1942.  After the war, in 1947, he was accepted into the Repin Academy 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.  Important shows include 'Soviet Russia', Moscow 1960

 

 

Item #692

Price: $2,600.00