RUSSIAN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ART

A PAVEL KUZNETSOV RUSSIAN OIL ON BOARD PAINTING

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Start price: $1,200

Estimated price: $2,000 - $3,000

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Oil on board "Road in Forest" by Pavel Varfolomeevich Kuznetsov. The painting is marked with initials at the lower left (part of the signature is damaged) and is dated 43. Framed under glass. Provenance: Estate of Giovanni Migliuolo Former Italian Ambassador to the United Nation, in the 1960’s Ambassador in the USSR. Kuznetsov Pavel Varfolomeevich (1878 – 1968) – painter, graphic artist, theater artist, muralist, teacher. He was one of the founders and ideologists of the Blue Rose association of Symbolist painters, which formed around the exhibition of the same name in 1907. Along with V.E. Borisov-Musatov was one of the most consistent Russian Symbolist artists. He worked a lot in the theater. The works of P.V. Kuznetsov are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, in many regional Russian museums and private collections around the world.

Dimensions: Image size: 14 x 19 1/2 in., (35.5 x 49.5 cm.) Frame size: 20 1/2 x 26 1/4 in., (52 x 66.5 cm.)

Condition: Excellent