His First Ship 1968
Oil on board50 x 40 cmSigned; also titled on a label on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from Roy Miles.....
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
Oil on board50 x 40 cmSigned; also titled on a label on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from Roy Miles.....
Oil on board 25 x 40 cm Signed Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's.....
Oil on paper21 x 17.5 cmSignedProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St.Petersburg
Oil on board 19 x 20 cm Born Leningrad. 1964 graduated Repin Institute under Prof Oreshnikov. Member St Petersburg Union of.....
Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. Petersburg Oil on board 12.5 x 18.....
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Oil on board 50 x 35 cm Signed and dated; also signed and dated on back Provenance: John Barkes, London.....
Watercolour 21.5 x.18 cm Signed Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St.Petersburg
Watercolour18.4 x 20.4 cmSigned Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St.Petersburg $1,200
Oil on card11 x 16 cmSigned and dated Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist’s studio.....
Oil on board 21.7 x 23.5 cm Signed and dated on reverse
John Barkes, London, bought from artist's son in St. Petersburg, 1996 Literature: The Great Transformation is illustrated in A Dictionary.....
Oil on board 26 x 33 Signed Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist's studio St Petersburg
A Study for the artist's Diploma Painting Exhibited: Paintings from St Petersburg, Siberia and Ukraine, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Hampton, 2009.....
Oil on board16.3 x 24.3 cmSigned; also titled and dated on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in.....
Oil on board21.5 x 46 cmSigned; also signed, dated and titled on reverseProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist.....
Provenance: John Barkes, London; acquired from the artist, St. Petersburg Oil on card 27 x 15.3 cm Signed
Oil on board46 x 33 cm From a series painted by the artist over many years
Gouache44 x 50 cmSignedProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. Petersburg
Oil on card35 x 24 cmSigned; also signed and dated on reverse Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist.....
Oil on canvas50 x 60 cmSignedProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. Petersburg...
Oil on board 16.5 x 33.5 cm Signed Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St. Petersburg Oleg.....
Oil on board 16 x 30 cm Provenance: the artist’s studio 2005; John Barkes
Oil on card (sand in oil paint)17 x 25 cmProvenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's.....
Oil on card 28.5 x 38 cm Signed