Fresh Snow, Leningrad 1959
Oil on board 48 x 34 cmSigned; also signed and dated on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist.....
Russian Oil Sketches
At the end of the Soviet system the professional artists were left high and dry. They were given ownership of their apartments, and were left with the contents of their studios, a lifetime of paintings.
Apart from the unsold finished paintings, the studios were full of preparatory sketches. These immediate impressions of life by these highly trained artists were a revelation.
The finished, exhibited works had to be idealized to conform to Stalin's definition of Socialist Realism and, or all except a very few artists, this process took away all the spontaneity so apparent in the preparatory works.
www.leningradschool.com has a chronology of the Artists' Union of St Petersburg, with many of our aritsts prominent in the annual listing of exhibitions.
extract "Art in Russia" Letter from John Barkes, 2011
illustrated
Valeri Roslyakov Loading Nickel Ore, Yenisei River 1973
Viktor Sharanovich 1960
Oil on board 45.3 x 33.7 cm Signed Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio.....
Dam Construction 1956
Oil on card24 x 34.5 cmSigned and dated on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from Matthew Cullerne Bown, author of.....
School Camp 1957
Oil on card 17 x 19.5 cm Signed and dated Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist’s studio, Bobrusk, Belarusse 1998
Leningrad Rooftops 1964
Sketch for A Winter’s MorningOil on board 24 x 34 cm Signed, titled and dated on reverse Provenance: John Barkes, bought from Natalya.....
A Factory in the Urals 1962
Oil on board24 x 35 cmSigned and dated ‘62Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio.....
German Gothic Church 1963
Oil on card49 x 35 cmSignedProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. PetersburgExhibited: Irina.....
On the Farm 1961
Oil on card11.4 x 15.8 cmSignedProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. PetersburgExhibited: Paintings.....
Woman in Red Headscarf 1962
Oil on canvas card 35 x 26.5 cm Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St.Petersburg.....
Coming off Shift, the Urals 1960
Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. Petersburg Exhibited: Irina Kovaleva, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, 1998 Oil on.....
Study, Naval Induction Speech, Kronstadt 1962
Oil on canvas40 x 40 cmProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. PetersburgExhibited: Four.....
Boats on a Pond 1964
Oil on paper 20 x 20 cmSigned Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio.....
Ideas for Pictures 1969
Oil on card29 x 50 cmSigned and dated; also signed and dated on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the.....
Cyclist, The Park 1959
Oil on card35 x 24 cmSigned and dated on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist's studio, St. Petersburg$1,250.....
Stockholm 1958
Oil on board33 x 21.5 cmSigned and dated; also signed and titled on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the.....
Musicians 1961
Oil on card 12.3 x 17 cm Signed and dated Provenance: Purchased from the artistBobrusk, Belarus, May 1998; John Barkes.....
Village Festival
Oil on board15 x 15.7 cm
A Distant View of Leningrad 1960
Oil on card 13 x 17 cm
Winter 1957
Oil on card18 x 15.5 cmProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. Petersburg .....
Alupka
Provenance: John Barkes, bought from the artist Oil on board 35 x 25 cm Signed
Summer Landscape, Crimea 1960
Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. Petersburg Oil on board23.2 x 33.3 cm Signed.....
Table Top 2003
Oil and pencil 20.3 x 27.7 cm Signed Provenance: John Barkes, London$750 framed
Football, The Tackle, 1962
Watercolour 21 x 19 cm Signed Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St.Petersburg
Pots
Oil on board 35 x 43 cm Signed and dated; also signed, titled and dated on reverse
Study, Woman at the Fisheries 1961
Oil on board43 x 22.7 cmSigned, titled and dated on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the.....